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The movie Vendetta (Original title Vendetta) has in the main roles on Luke Askew (William Parkerson), Clancy Brown (Chief Hennessy), Christopher Walken (James Houston), Bruce Davison (Thomas Semmes), Joaquim de Almeida (Joseph Macheca), Andrea Di Stefano (Vincent Provenzano), Edward Herrmann (D.A. Luzenberg), Richard Libertini (Giovanni Provenzano), Kenneth Welsh (Mayor Joe Shakspeare), Amanda Brugel (Red Lantern Lady) The release date of the movie is 12.09.1999. This movie it is produced by HBO . Filmed in the following locations: Kingston, Ontario, Canada . Production countries: United States of America Movie Genre: Movies Drama

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.