The Godfather (1972)

1972 · 175 min · Drama, Crime

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.

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall and Richard S. Castellano.

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