| Teleplay: | Timothy Prager |
| Director: | Nicholas Meyer |
| Starring: | Christopher Walken Luke Askew Clancy Brown Alessandro Colla Andrew Connolly Bruce Davison |
| Music: | John Altman |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English Italian |
| Producer: | Gary Lucchesi Sue Jett Tony Mark |
| Editor: | Ronald Roose |
| Cinematography: | David Franco |
| Runtime: | 117 minutes |
| Company: | HBO Pictures |
| Network: | HBO |
Vendetta is a 1999 HBO original movie directed by Nicholas Meyer and starring Christopher Walken, Luke Askew, Clancy Brown, Alessandro Colla, Andrew Connolly, and Bruce Davison and featuring the film debut of Terence Hamilton. Based on actual events, it depicts the assassination of David Hennessy and the consequent March 14, 1891 lynchings of eleven Italian Americans in New Orleans.[1]
Nineteen Italian-Americans were accused of the murder of the police chief. After the acquittal of six and mistrial of three, ten of them were shot or hanged in one of the largest mass lynching of Americans in U.S. 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 .
Principal photography took place near Kingston, Canada.