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Vendetta is a american film of genre Drama directed by Nicholas Meyer released in USA on 3 july 1999 with Christopher Walken

Vendetta (1999)

Vendetta
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Released in USA 3 july 1999
Length 1h57
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating61% 3.05093.05093.05093.05093.0509

Vendetta is a 1999 HBO original movie based on actual events that took place in New Orleans on March 14, 1891. Eighteen Italian-Americans were falsely accused of the murder of the police chief. After their acquittal, eleven of them were shot or hanged in one of the largest mass lynchings in American history.

The teleplay by Timothy Prager is based on Richard Gambino's book, Vendetta: The True Story of the Largest Lynching in U.S. History (ISBN 1550711032).

Synopsis

La Nouvelle-Orléans, 1891. Dix-huit dockers italo-américains originaires de Sicile sont faussement accusés du meurtre du chef de la police Hennessy. Ils sont acquittés mais, peu après le procès, onze d'entre eux sont pendus au cours de l'un des plus importants lynchages de masse de l'histoire des États-Unis.

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