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The Godfather

8.7

Released March 14, 1972Runtime 2h 55min

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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.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Alfran Productions

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $6,000,000
Revenue: $245,066,411
Profit/Loss: $239,066,411

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Cast

Marlon BrandoDon Vito Corleone

Al PacinoMichael Corleone

James CaanSonny Corleone

Robert DuvallTom Hagen

Richard S. CastellanoClemenza

Diane KeatonKay Adams

Talia ShireConnie Corleone Rizzi

Gianni RussoCarlo Rizzi

Sterling HaydenCaptain McCluskey

John MarleyJack Woltz

Richard ConteBarzini

Al LettieriSollozzo

Abe VigodaSal Tessio

John CazaleFredo Corleone

Rudy BondCuneo

Al MartinoJohnny Fontane

Morgana KingMama Corleone

Lenny MontanaLuca Brasi

John MartinoPaulie Gatto

Salvatore CorsittoBonasera

Richard BrightNeri

Alex RoccoMoe Greene

Tony GiorgioBruno Tattaglia

Vito ScottiNazorine

Tere LivranoTheresa Hagen

Victor RendinaPhilip Tattaglia

Jeannie LineroLucy Mancini

Julie GreggSandra Corleone

Ardell SheridanMrs. Clemenza

Simonetta StefanelliApollonia - Sicilian Sequence

Angelo InfantiFabrizio - Sicilian Sequence

Corrado GaipaDon Tommasino - Sicilian Sequence

Franco CittiCalo - Sicilian Sequence

Saro UrzìVitelli - Sicilian Sequence

Roman CoppolaBoy on Street Who Attended Funeral (uncredited)

Sofia CoppolaMichael Francis Rizzi (uncredited)

Don CostelloDon Victor Stracci (uncredited)

Italia CoppolaExtra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Gray FredericksonCowboy on the Set at Woltz's Studio (uncredited)

Ron GilbertUsher in Bridal Party (uncredited)

Sonny GrossoCop Outside Hospital (uncredited)

Louis GussDon Zaluchi (uncredited)

Randy JurgensenSonny's Killer #1 (uncredited)

Tony KingTony - Stablehand (uncredited)

Tony LipWedding Guest (uncredited)

Joe Lo GrippoSonny's Bodyguard (uncredited)

Lou Martini Jr.Boy at Wedding (uncredited)

Raymond MartinoCorleone Family Member (uncredited)

Joseph MedagliaPriest at Baptism (uncredited)

Carol MorleyNight Nurse (uncredited)

Rick PetrucelliLou - Sollozzo's Driver (uncredited)

Sal RichardsDrunk (uncredited)

Tom RosquiRocco Lampone (uncredited)

Frank SiveroStreet Extra (uncredited)

Filomena SpagnuoloExtra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Joe SpinellWilli Cicci (uncredited)

Gabriele TorreiEnzo the Baker (uncredited)

Nick VallelongaWedding Party Guest (uncredited)

Conrad YamaFruit Vendor (uncredited)

Crew

Nancy HoptonScript Supervisor

Tony BrandtAssistant Director

Francis Ford CoppolaDirector

Fred T. GalloAssistant Director

Mario PuzoScreenplay

Francis Ford CoppolaScreenplay

Mario PuzoNovel

Albert S. RuddyProducer

Tony BowersLocation Coordinator

Michael BriggsLocation Coordinator

Louis DiGiaimoCasting

Andrea EastmanCasting

Fred RoosCasting

Gray FredericksonAssociate Producer

Valerio De PaolisProduction Manager

Fred C. CarusoUnit Production Manager

Francis Ford CoppolaProducer

Robert EvansProducer

William ReynoldsEditor

Peter ZinnerEditor

Anthony CasoStunt Double

Paul BaxleyStunt Coordinator

Harry DaleyStunts

Carlo SavinaConductor

George NewmanWardrobe Supervisor

Walter MurchPost Production Consulting

Michael ChapmanCamera Operator

Carmine CoppolaAdditional Music

Nino RotaOriginal Music Composer

Gordon WillisDirector of Photography

Dean TavoularisProduction Design

Philip SmithSet Decoration

Warren ClymerArt Direction

Anna Hill JohnstoneCostume Design

Joe Bucaro IIIStand In

Richard PortmanSound Re-Recording Mixer

Dick SmithMakeup Artist

Phil RhodesMakeup Artist

Philip LetoHairstylist

Charles GrenzbachSound Re-Recording Mixer

Sass BedigSpecial Effects

Joe LombardiSpecial Effects

A.D. FlowersSpecial Effects

Richard AdeeSet Decoration

Chris NewmanSound Recordist

George LucasAssistant Editor

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Reviews

The Godfather Review by Al Carlson The Godfather is a film considered by most to be one of the greatest ever made. From The American Film Institute to as voted by users on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) it is consider to be one of the best. As a film that ranks as high as other masterpieces ...

The best movie ever... A masterpiece by the young and talented Francis Ford Coppola, about a Mob family and their drama, the story telling is perfect, the acting good, sometimes a little over the top in the case of Thalia Shire (the sister of the director) The 70's were the best years for Holly...

While I'm writing this, The Godfather is still beloved by people who love it simply because they are told they have to love it. It's written by a mobster with the sole intention of depicting the lead mobsters as demi gods. Every line and every scene in the movie and the book is meant to intimidat...

When you get a story written quite this magnificently it would take an extreme amateur to screw it up - and Francis Ford Coppola is no amateur. Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan and Robert Duvall represent the epitome of guile, sophistication, loyalty, honour and brutality in this self-adapted M...

Great Movie **Ever**

The Godfather (1972), directed by the legendary Francis Ford Coppola, is nothing short of a cinematic masterpiece that redefined storytelling in film. Based on Mario Puzo’s bestselling novel, the movie seamlessly blends crime drama with an epic exploration of power, loyalty, and family. Every frame...