The Godfather poster
Screenplay Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
Director Francis Ford Coppola

The Godfather

Tagline: An offer you can't refuse.

Release Date: 1972-03-14

Duration: 175 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Al Pacino
    Michael Corleone
  • Simonetta Stefanelli
    Apollonia - Sicilian Sequence
  • Diane Keaton
    Kay Adams
  • Robert Duvall
    Tom Hagen
  • James Caan
    Sonny Corleone
  • Marlon Brando
    Don Vito Corleone
  • Talia Shire
    Connie Corleone Rizzi
  • Joe Spinell
    Willi Cicci (uncredited)
  • Sofia Coppola
    Michael Francis Rizzi (uncredited)
  • John Cazale
    Fredo Corleone