Film

The Godfather

1972 · 2h 55m · Drama · Crime

An offer you can't refuse.

IMDb

9.2

Rotten Tomatoes

97%

Metacritic

100

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.

Marlon Brando

Don Vito Corleone

Al Pacino

Michael Corleone

James Caan

Sonny Corleone

Robert Duvall

Tom Hagen

Richard S. Castellano

Clemenza

Diane Keaton

Kay Adams

Talia Shire

Connie Corleone Rizzi

Gianni Russo

Carlo Rizzi

Sterling Hayden

Captain McCluskey

John Marley

Jack Woltz

Richard Conte

Barzini

Al Lettieri

Sollozzo

Abe Vigoda

Sal Tessio

John Cazale

Fredo Corleone

Rudy Bond

Cuneo

Al Martino

Johnny Fontane

• Francis Ford CoppolaScreenplay · Producer · Director
• Mario PuzoScreenplay · Novel
• Albert S. RuddyProducer
• Robert EvansProducer
• Gordon WillisDirector of Photography
• Nino RotaOriginal Music Composer
• William ReynoldsEditor
• Peter ZinnerEditor
• Andrea EastmanCasting
• Fred RoosCasting

50th Anniversary TrailerOriginal Trailer45th Anniversary Spot

Release date

March 14, 1972

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 55m

Rated

R

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$245,066,411

Genres

Drama, Crime

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