The Godfather
R · 1972 ‧ Crime/Crime ‧ 2h 55m
Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, this mob drama, based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name, focuses on the powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). When the don's youngest son,...
Release date: March 24, 1972 (USA)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures, FilmFlex, and Paramount
Adapted from: The Godfather
Stars: Marlon Brando
Budget: $6–7.2 million
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It is the first installment in The Godfather trilogy, chronicling the Corleone family under patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando) from 1945 to 1955. It focuses on ...
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