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Genre | Crime drama |
Based on | Vendetta by Richard Gambino |
Teleplay by | Timothy Prager |
Directed by | Nicholas Meyer |
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Music by | John Altman |
Country of origin | United States |
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Cinematography | David Franco |
Editor | Ronald Roose |
Running time | 117 minutes |
Production company | HBO Pictures |
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Network | HBO |
Release | July 3, 1999 |
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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]