Considered by many to be the greatest movie ever made, Francis Ford Coppola's epic masterpiece features Oscar winner Marlon Brando as the head of the Corleone family. Coppola paints a chilling portrait of a Sicilian family's rise and near fall from power in America, and the passage of rites from a father to a son who was previously uninvolved in the business.
Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola
Written by
Mario Puzo (novel and screenplay); Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay).
Starring
Marlon Brando (Don Vito Corleone); Al Pacino (Michael Corleone); James Caan (Santino 'Sonny' Corleone); Richard S. Castellano (Peter Clemenza (as Richard Castellano)); Robert Duvall (Tom Hagen); Sterling Hayden (Capt. McCluskey); John Marley (Jack Woltz); Richard Conte (Don Emilio Barzini); Al Lettieri (Virgil 'The Turk' Sollozzo); Diane Keaton (Kay Adams); Abe Vigoda (Sal Tessio); Talia Shire (Connie Corleone Rizzi); Gianni Russo (Carlo Rizzi); John Cazale (Fredo Corleone); Rudy Bond (Don Carmine Cuneo). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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