Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
9.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
Metacritic
100/100
Key crew
- Mario PuzoScreenplay
- Francis Ford CoppolaScreenplay
- Nino RotaOriginal Music Composer
- Francis Ford CoppolaDirector
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
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Themes
based on novel or bookloss of loved onelove at first sightitalygangstersymbolismpatriarcheuropeorganized crimemafiareligionrevenge motive