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The Godfather

1972 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary

8.7/10

Rating

175 min

Runtime

1972

Release Year

Francis Ford Coppola

Director

Cast

Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Richard S. Castellano

Quick Synopsis

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.

Full Plot Summary of The Godfather

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.

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