- Release Date:
- March 24, 1972
- Director:
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Cast:
- Marlon Brando, Diane Keaton, James Caan, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall
- Rating:
- R
- Runtime:
- 175 minutes
- Writers:
- Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
- Budget:
- $6 million
- Studio(s):
- Paramount Pictures
- Distributor(s):
- Paramount+
- Sequel(s):
- The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Part III
- Franchise(s):
- The Godfather
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Summary
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
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