Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 175 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
The story
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.
- based on novel or book
- loss of loved one
- love at first sight
- italy
- gangster
- symbolism
- patriarch
- europe
- organized crime
- mafia
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Directed
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Written
- Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
Production
- Rating
- 8.7 / 10 · 23,498 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Alfran Productions, Albert S. Ruddy Productions
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1972 · You’re hereThe Godfather
Where it starts.
The Godfather Part II
1974
The Godfather Part III
1990
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
