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Vendetta

Based on a true story, Vendetta tells the shocking and tragic story of a group of Sicilian immigrants working on the New Orleans docks in the 1890's. After the Chief of Police was brutally murdered, much of the city's Sicilian population was rounded up and brought in for questioning. Eventually, thirteen were formally tried for murder and nine went to trial, and while they were acquitted, a series of brutal lynchings showed they had as much to fear from the city's general populace as they did from the corrupt police force.

1999 |1h 57m |  Drama, TV Movie

Cast

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Pierrino Mascarino

Antonio Marchesi

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Luke Askew

William Parkerson

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Clancy Brown

Chief Hennessy

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Christopher Walken

James Houston

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Andrew Connolly

Sheriff Bill Villere

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Bruce Davison

Thomas Semmes

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Joaquim de Almeida

Joseph Macheca

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Andrea Di Stefano

Vincent Provenzano

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Edward Herrmann

D.A. Luzenberg

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Richard Libertini

Giovanni Provenzano

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George Martin

Judge Baker

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Daragh O'Malley

Dominic O'Malley

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Kenneth Welsh

Mayor Joe Shakspeare

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Amanda Brugel

Red Lantern Lady

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Status

Released

Language

English, Italian

Budget

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