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The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

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  • Won 3 Oscars. Another 28 wins & 31 nominations.
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Don Vito Corleone
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Michael Corleone
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Sonny Corleone
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Clemenza (as Richard Castellano)
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Tom Hagen
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Capt. McCluskey
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Jack Woltz
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Barzini
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Sollozzo
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Kay Adams
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Sal Tessio
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Connie Corleone Rizzi
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Carlo Rizzi
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Fredo Corleone
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Cuneo
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Johnny Fontane
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Mama Corleone
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Luca Brasi
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Paulie Gatto
Salvatore Corsitto ...
Bonasera
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Neri
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Moe Greene
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Bruno Tattaglia
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Nazorine
Tere Livrano ...
Theresa Hagen
Victor Rendina ...
Philip Tattaglia
Jeannie Linero ...
Lucy Mancini
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Sandra Corleone
Ardell Sheridan ...
Mrs. Clemenza
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Apollonia - Sicilian Sequence
Angelo Infanti ...
Fabrizio - Sicilian Sequence
Corrado Gaipa ...
Don Tommasino - Sicilian Sequence
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Calo - Sicilian Sequence
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Vitelli - Sicilian Sequence
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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Hitman (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
Norm Bacchiocchi ...
Luca Brasi's Assassin (uncredited)
John Blower ...
Police Officer Outside Hospital (uncredited)
Max Brandt ...
Extra in Furniture-Moving Scene (uncredited)
Tybee Brascia ...
Dancer in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Garrett Cassell ...
Chef (uncredited)
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Piano Player in Montage (uncredited)
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Baptism Observer (uncredited)
Italia Coppola ...
Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
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Boy on Street Who Attended Funeral (uncredited)
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Michael Francis Rizzi (uncredited)
Don Costello ...
Don Victor Stracci (uncredited)
Robert Dahdah ...
Crowd (uncredited)
Richard Fass ...
Tom Hagen's Son (uncredited)
Gray Frederickson ...
Cowboy on the Set at Woltz's Studio (uncredited)
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Usher in Bridal Party (uncredited)
Anthony Gounaris ...
Anthony Vito Corleone (uncredited)
Joe Lo Grippo ...
Sonny's Bodyguard (uncredited)
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Cop Outside Hospital (uncredited)
Louis Guss ...
Don Zaluchi (uncredited)
Bobra Harris ...
Woman (uncredited)
Merril E. Joels ...
Toll Both Collector (uncredited)
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Sonny's Killer #1 (uncredited)
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Tony - Stablehand (uncredited)
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Mobster at Funeral with Barzini (uncredited)
Peter Lemongello ...
Singer (uncredited)
Tony Lip ...
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
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Boy at Wedding (uncredited)
Raymond Martino ...
Corleone Family Member (uncredited)
Joseph Medaglia ...
Priest at Baptism (uncredited)
Carol Morley ...
Night Nurse (uncredited)
Dave Moskin ...
Child (uncredited)
Rick Petrucelli ...
Lou - Sollozzo's Driver (uncredited)
Joe Petrullo ...
Pallbearer (uncredited)
Burt Richards ...
Floral Designer (uncredited)
Sal Richards ...
Drunk (uncredited)
Chuck Riley ...
Narrator of Theatrical Trailer (uncredited) (voice)
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Rocco Lampone (uncredited)
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G.I. (uncredited)
Nino Ruggeri ...
Mobster at Funeral with Barzini (uncredited)
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Street Extra (uncredited)
Filomena Spagnuolo ...
Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
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Willi Cicci (uncredited)
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Enzo the Baker (uncredited)
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Wedding Party Guest (uncredited)
Ed Vantura ...
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Ron Veto ...
Extra in Hospital Scene (uncredited)
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Clemenza's Son (uncredited)
Conrad Yama ...
Fruit Vendor (uncredited)

Directed by

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Francis Ford Coppola ... (directed by)

Written by

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Mario Puzo ... (screenplay by) and
Francis Ford Coppola ... (screenplay by)
 
Mario Puzo ... (based on the novel by)

Produced by

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Gray Frederickson ... associate producer
Albert S. Ruddy ... producer (produced by)

Music by

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Nino Rota ... (music composed by)

Cinematography by

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Gordon Willis ... director of photography

Editing by

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William Reynolds ... (edited by)
Peter Zinner ... (edited by)

Editorial Department

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Christopher Gillaspie ... scan manager (2007 restoration) (as Chris Gillaspie)
Kathleen Largay ... digital conform: 2007 restoration
Walter Murch ... post production consultant
Jan Yarbrough ... senior digital intermediate colorist: 2007 restoration
Pierre Jalbert ... assistant editor (uncredited)
Marc Laub ... editor: New York (uncredited)
Barbara Marks ... assistant editor (uncredited)
Maurice Schell ... assistant editor (uncredited)
Murray Solomon ... editor: New York (uncredited)
Jack Wheeler ... assistant editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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Louis DiGiaimo ... (casting)
Andrea Eastman ... (casting)
Fred Roos ... (casting)

Production Design by

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Dean Tavoularis

Art Direction by

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Warren Clymer

Set Decoration by

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Richard Adee
Philip Smith

Costume Design by

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Anna Hill Johnstone

Makeup Department

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Philip Leto ... hair stylist (as Phil Leto)
Phil Rhodes ... makeup (as Philip Rhodes)
Dick Smith ... makeup
Enrico A. Cortese ... additional make-up artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Fred C. Caruso ... unit production manager: Oaktree Productions (as Fred Caruso)
Valerio De Paolis ... production manager: sicilian unit
Ned Kopp ... production manager: second unit (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Tony Brandt ... assistant director: sicilian unit
Leon Corcos ... third assistant director
Fred T. Gallo ... assistant director: Oaktree Productions (as Fred Gallo)
Paul Baxley ... second unit director (uncredited)
Stephen F. Kesten ... assistant director (uncredited)
Michael Rauch ... d.g.a. trainee (uncredited)
Steven P. Skloot ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Samuel Verts ... assistant art director: sicilian unit
William Canfield ... set dresser (uncredited)
Robert Hart ... carpenter (uncredited)
Robert Scaife ... construction coordinator (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Charles Grenzbach ... re-recordist (as Bud Grenzbach)
Christopher Newman ... production recordist
Richard Portman ... re-recordist
Howard Beals ... sound effects editor (uncredited)
Steve Cook ... adr mixer (uncredited)
Pierre Jalbert ... assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Les Lazarowitz ... boom operator (uncredited)
Don MacDougall ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Kitty Malone ... foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Sass Bedig ... special effects: Oaktree Productions
A.D. Flowers ... special effects: Oaktree Productions
Tony Karp ... equipment design
Joe Lombardi ... special effects: Oaktree Productions
Paul J. Lombardi ... special effects supervisor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Kevin Chaja ... data management (2007 restoration)
Chris Clausing ... MTI operator: digital image clean up (2007 restoration)
Padraic Culham ... compositor (2007 restoration)
Daphne Dentz ... senior digital intermediate producer (2007 restoration)
Karina Desin ... data management (2007 restoration)
Joe Dubs ... MTI operator: digital image clean up (2007 restoration)
Lloyd Kaplowitz ... MTI operator: digital image clean up (2007 restoration)
Valerie McMahon ... MTI operator: digital image clean up (2007 restoration)
Mike Moreno ... MTI operator: digital image clean up (2007 restoration)
Edgar Orlino ... MTI operator: digital image clean up (2007 restoration)
Cathy Quiroz ... MTI operator: digital image clean up (2007 restoration)
Bill Roper ... film recordist (2007 restoration)
Steve Sanchez ... MTI operator: digital image clean up
Andrea Avila ... Pristine digital restoration, Lowry Digital Images (uncredited)

Stunts

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Paul Baxley ... stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Joe Bucaro III ... stunt double: young Vincenzo (uncredited)
Anthony Caso ... stunt double: for Al Pacino (uncredited)
Harry Daley ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Michael Chapman ... camera operator
Steven Juda ... assistant camera
Bill Butler ... director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
Caleb Deschanel ... camera: newspaper sequence (uncredited) / newspaper sequence (uncredited)
Russell Engels ... rigging gaffer (uncredited)
Ed Kammerer ... rigging grip (uncredited)
Edward Knott ... grip (uncredited)
Jim Meyerhoff ... generator operator (uncredited)
Anthony R. Palmieri ... camera loader (uncredited)
Gordon Parks Jr. ... photographer: still sequence (uncredited)
Ed Quinn ... best boy grip (uncredited)
Robert Royal ... rigging key grip (uncredited)
Joe Rutledge ... electrician (uncredited)
Peter Salim ... second assistant camera (uncredited)
Tibor Sands ... first assistant camera (uncredited)
Jack Stager ... still photographer (uncredited)
Edward Tonkin ... best boy electric (uncredited)
Robert M. Volpe ... dolly grip (uncredited)
Dusty Wallace ... gaffer (uncredited)
Robert Ward ... key grip (uncredited)
Ray Williams ... rigging best boy grip (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Riccardo Bertoni ... extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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George Newman ... wardrobe supervisor
Marilyn Putnam ... wardrobe: women
Joan Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)
Tina Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Location Management

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Tony Bowers ... location coordinator
Michael Briggs ... location coordinator
Philip Procter ... location coordinator (uncredited)

Music Department

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Carmine Coppola ... additional music: mall wedding sequence
Carlo Savina ... conductor
Neil S. Bulk ... soundtrack co-producer (uncredited)
Carl Fortina ... musician: accordion soloist (uncredited)
Dan Goldwasser ... soundtrack co-producer (uncredited)
John C. Hammell ... music editor (uncredited)
Tommy Johnson ... musician: tuba (uncredited)
Sidney Lazar ... musician: trumpet solo (uncredited)
Jimmy Maxwell ... musician: trumpet solo (uncredited)
Paul Salamunovich ... choir conductor: boys choir (uncredited)
Stephen Salamunovich ... boy soprano, soundtrack (uncredited)
David Schwartz ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Tommy Tedesco ... musician: guitar (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Albert T. Viola ... soloist: mandolin (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Nancy Hopton ... script continuity (as Nancy Tonery)

Transportation Department

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Raymond Hartwick ... driver (uncredited)
Frank Khoury ... transportation (uncredited)
Charles Lazzarro ... driver (uncredited)
Edward Venn ... driver (uncredited)
Louis Volpe ... driver (uncredited)
John Whelan ... driver (uncredited)
Ed Wilson ... driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Robert Barth ... unit coordinator: Oaktree Productions
Gary Chazan ... assistant to producer
Robert A. Harris ... restored by
Nancy Hopton ... script continuity (as Nancy Tonery)
Robert S. Mendelsohn ... executive assistant
Peter Zinner ... foreign post production
Johnny Crear ... stand-in (uncredited)
Rocco Derasmo ... teamster (uncredited)
Dick Di Bona ... photographic consultant (uncredited)
Robert Evans ... studio executive (uncredited)
James Giblin ... teamster captain (uncredited)
Sonny Grosso ... technical advisor (uncredited)
Michael Hyatt ... assistant restorationist: 2007 restoration (uncredited)
Johnny E. Jensen ... cinemobile technician (uncredited)
Randy Jurgensen ... technical advisor (uncredited)
James C. Katz ... producer: 2007 restoration (uncredited)
Shari Leibowitz ... production coordinator (uncredited)
Gerry Lewis ... publicist (uncredited)
George Lynch Jr. ... teamster (uncredited)
Richard Nelson ... car coordinator (uncredited)
Howard Newman ... unit publicist (uncredited)
James Ragan ... production assistant (uncredited)
Jasmine Sabu ... animal trainer: horses (uncredited)
Maurice Schell ... adr loop group (uncredited)
Caleb Siler ... critic (uncredited)
Robert Towne ... story editor (uncredited)

Thanks

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Joe Caracappa ... thanks: Pro-Tek Media Preservation Services, a Kodak company, negative preparation (2007 restoration)
Jeff Cava ... thanks: for Paramount Pictures (2007 restoration)
Martin Cohen ... thanks: for Paramount Pictures (2007 restoration)
Francis Ford Coppola ... special thanks (2007 restoration)
Allen Daviau ... thanks (2007 restoration)
Brian Drischell ... thanks: The Academy Film Archive (2007 restoration)
Ma Prem Hasya ... executive/financier
Jessi Jones ... thanks: The Academy Film Archive (2007 restoration)
Liana Kroll ... thanks: Pro-Tek Media Preservation Services, a Kodak company, negative preparation (2007 restoration)
Joanne Lawson ... thanks: for the Film Preserve (2007 restoration)
Scott MacQueen ... thanks: Pro-Tek Media Preservation Services, a Kodak company, negative preparation (2007 restoration)
James T. Mockoski ... thanks: for American Zoetrope (2007 restoration) (as James Mockoski archivist)
Heather Olson ... thanks: The Academy Film Archive (2007 restoration)
Michael Pogorzelski ... thanks: The Academy Film Archive (2007 restoration)
Robert Raring ... thanks: Technicolor liaison (2007 restoration) (as Bob Raring)
Ben Rosenblatt ... thanks: for Paramount Pictures (2007 restoration)
Gordon Willis ... special thanks (2007 restoration)
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Storyline

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Plot Summary

The Godfather "Don" Vito Corleone is the head of the Corleone mafia family in New York. He is at the event of his daughter's wedding. Michael, Vito's youngest son and a decorated WWII Marine is also present at the wedding. Michael seems to be uninterested in being a part of the family business. Vito is a powerful man, and is kind to all those who give him respect but is ruthless against those who do not. But when a powerful and treacherous rival wants to sell drugs and needs the Don's influence for the same, Vito refuses to do it. What follows is a clash between Vito's fading old values and the new ways which may cause Michael to do the thing he was most reluctant in doing and wage a mob war against all the other mafia families which could tear the Corleone family apart. Written by srijanarora-152-448595

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Taglines An offer you can't refuse. See more »
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Additional Details

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Also Known As
  • Mario Puzo's The Godfather (United States)
  • Godfather (Japan, English title)
  • Le Parrain (France)
  • Der Pate (Germany)
  • El padrí (Spain, Catalan title)
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Runtime
  • 175 min
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Box Office

Budget $6,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $223,758, 04 Apr 1997
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $245,066,411

Did You Know?

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Trivia Lenny Montana (Luca Brasi) was so nervous about working with Marlon Brando that in the first take of their scene together, he flubbed some lines. Director Francis Ford Coppola liked the genuine nervousness and used it in the final cut. The scenes of Luca practicing his speech were added later. See more »
Goofs During Sonny and Carlo's fight, one of Sonny's "movie" punches is shot from the wrong angle and clearly misses, but still produces the sound of an impact. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Godfather Saga (1977). See more »
Soundtracks Mall Wedding Sequence See more »
Crazy Credits In the end credits, Marlon Brando's name is the only one that is not accompanied by the character name that he plays (e.g. "as Vito Corleone"). See more »
Quotes [to Rocco who has killed Paulie in the car]
Peter Clemenza: Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
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