Vendetta (1999 film)

Vendetta
Film poster
GenreCrime drama
Based onVendetta
by Richard Gambino
Teleplay byTimothy Prager
Directed byNicholas Meyer
Starring
Music byJohn Altman
Country of originUnited States
Original languages
  • English
  • Italian
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Tony Mark
  • Sue Jett
CinematographyDavid Franco
EditorRonald Roose
Running time117 minutes
Production companyHBO Pictures
Original release
NetworkHBO
ReleaseJuly 3, 1999 (1999-07-03)
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Vendetta is a 1999 American crime drama television film directed by Nicholas Meyer, written by Timothy Prager, and starring Christopher Walken, Luke Askew, Clancy Brown, Alessandro Colla, Andrew Connolly, and Bruce Davison. Based on the 1977 non-fiction book of the same name by Richard Gambino, it depicts the assassination of New Orleans police chief David Hennessy and the consequent March 14, 1891 lynchings of eleven Italian Americans. It aired on HBO on July 3, 1999.[1]

  1. ^ "Vendetta". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2013-03-30. Retrieved 2014-02-11.