The Godfather (1972)

Name: The Godfather
Released: 1972
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Richard S. Castellano

• Movies, Crime, Drama

• 175 min

8.6

An offer you can't refuse.

Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Casting: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Richard S. Castellano, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Gianni Russo, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, Al Lettieri, Abe Vigoda, John Cazale, Rudy Bond, Al Martino, Morgana King, Lenny Montana, John Martino, Salvatore Corsitto, Richard Bright, Alex Rocco, Tony Giorgio, Vito Scotti, Tere Livrano, Victor Rendina, Jeannie Linero, Julie Gregg, Ardell Sheridan, Simonetta Stefanelli, Angelo Infanti, Corrado Gaipa, Franco Citti, Saro Urzì, Roman Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Don Costello, Italia Coppola, Gray Frederickson, Ron Gilbert, Sonny Grosso, Louis Guss, Randy Jurgensen, Tony King, Tony Lip, Joe Lo Grippo, Lou Martini Jr., Raymond Martino, Joseph Medaglia, Carol Morley, Rick Petrucelli, Sal Richards, Tom Rosqui, Frank Sivero, Filomena Spagnuolo, Joe Spinell, Gabriele Torrei, Nick Vallelonga, Conrad Yama
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 1972-03-14
Status: Released

Tags: based on novel or book, loss of loved one, love at first sight, italy, symbolism, patriarch, europe, organized crime, mafia, religion, lawyer, revenge motive, crime family, sicilian mafia, religious hypocrisy, macabre, gun violence, rise to power, dead horse, gang violence, aggressive, 1940s, 1950s, mafia war, vindictive, suspenseful, tense, admiring, audacious, commanding

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.