Vendetta (1999 film)
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Vendetta is an 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, 11 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).
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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, 11 of them were shot or hanged in one of the largest mass lynchings in American history.
The teleplay by Timothy Prager
Timothy Prager
Timothy Prager, known as Tim Prager, is a British television and film writer.A graduate of Dartmouth College and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he was an assistant director at the Old Vic Company under Timothy West...
is based on Richard Gambino's book, Vendetta: The True Story of the Largest Lynching in U.S. History (ISBN 1550711032).
Cast
- Christopher WalkenChristopher WalkenChristopher Walken is an American stage and screen actor. He has appeared in more than 100 movies and television shows, including Joe Dirt, Annie Hall, The Deer Hunter, The Prophecy trilogy, The Dogs of War, Sleepy Hollow, Brainstorm, The Dead Zone, A View to a Kill, At Close Range, King of New...
as James Houston - Luke Askew as William Parkerson
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as Chief Hennessy - Alessandro Colla as Gaspare Marchesi
- Andrew Connolly as Sheriff Bill Villere
- Bruce DavisonBruce DavisonBruce Davison is an American actor and director.-Early life:Davison was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Marian E. , a secretary, and Clair W. Davison, a musician, architect, and draftsman for the Army Engineers. His parents divorced when he was three years old. He was raised by his...
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as Vincent Provenzano - Edward HerrmannEdward HerrmannEdward Kirk Herrmann is a U.S. television and film actor. He is best known for his Emmy-nominated portrayals of Franklin D...
as D.A. Luzenberg - Richard LibertiniRichard LibertiniRichard Libertini is an American stage, film and television actor known for playing numerous character roles and his ability to speak in numerous accents....
as Giovanni Provenzano - George N. Martin as Judge Joshua G. Baker
- Pierrino Mascarino as Antonio Marchesi
- Daragh O'MalleyDaragh O'MalleyDaragh O'Malley is an Irish film, theatre and television actor, best known for his portrayal of the much loved and ever faithful but rather fearsome Patrick Harper in the legendary Sharpe TV series along side Sean Bean...
as Dominic O'Malley - Kenneth WelshKenneth WelshKenneth Welsh, CM is a Canadian film and television actor . He is known to Twin Peaks fans as the multi-faceted villain Windom Earle, and has more recently played the father of Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator.In 1984 he was nominated for a Genie Award as Best Actor for his...
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as Charles MantrangaNew Orleans crime familyThe New Orleans crime family is one of the oldest American criminal organizations in activity. It is based in New Orleans and parts of southern Louisiana in the United States. Its status today is unknown, as it remained in the shadows since 1993... - Frank Crudele as Angelo Bagnetto
- Vincent Marino as Pietro Monasterio
- Louis Di Bianco as Emmanuel Polizzi
- Peter Didiano as Bastian Incompara
- Giuseppe Tancredi as Umberto Scaffidi
- Megan McChesney as Megan O'Brien
- Stuart Stone as Tony Provenzano
- Nigel Shawn Williams as Samuel Foster
- Anna Mancini as Francesca Marchesi
- Tony Mark as Mayor's Assistant
- Conrad DunnConrad DunnConrad Dunn is an American actor. He began his screen career with the role of Francis "Psycho" Soyer in Stripes . Working for some ten years under the name George Jenesky, he achieved soap-opera stardom in Days of our Lives as Nick Corelli, a misogynistic pimp who evolved from bad guy to romantic...
as Pasquale Corte - Ian Downie as Priest
- Ron WhiteRon White (actor)Ron White is a Canadian actor who was has been credited with several film and television works.-Filmography:White's television credits include several television series. His television credits include:*9B...
as Robert Collins - Jack Newman as Jacob Seligman
- Jack Jessop as William Yochum
- Wayne RobsonWayne RobsonWayne Robson was a Canadian television, film and stage actor best known for playing the part of Mike Hamar, an ex-convict and sometime thief, on the Canadian sitcom The Red Green Show from 1993 to 2006, as well as in the 2002 film Duct Tape Forever.Robson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia...
as Frank Peeter - Delores Etienne as Emma Thomas
- Joel Gordon as William
- Victor Ertmanis as John Duare
- Richard Blackburn as Warden Davis
- Holly Dennison as Miss O'Brian
- Herbert Johnson as Houston's Servant
- John Healy as Construction Foreman
- James Bearden as Governor Francis T. NichollsFrancis T. NichollsFrancis Redding Tillou Nicholls was an American attorney, politician, judge, and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...