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Vendetta

"Threats. Intimidation. Murder. His way is the only way."

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.

Top Cast

  • Christopher Walken

    Christopher Walken

    James Houston

  • Pierrino Mascarino

    Pierrino Mascarino

    Antonio Marchesi

  • Luke Askew

    Luke Askew

    William Parkerson

  • Clancy Brown

    Clancy Brown

    Chief Hennessy

  • Andrew Connolly

    Andrew Connolly

    Sheriff Bill Villere

  • Alessandro Colla

    Alessandro Colla

    Gaspare Marchesi

  • Bruce Davison

    Bruce Davison

    Thomas Semmes

  • Joaquim de Almeida

    Joaquim de Almeida

    Joseph Macheca

  • Andrea Di Stefano

    Andrea Di Stefano

    Vincent Provenzano

Overview

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.

Rating

6.2 / 10
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