Godfather, The BrE AmE
(1972) a violent US film, based on the book by Mario Puzo, and made by Francis Ford ↑ Coppola , in which Marlon ↑ Brando appears as the leader of a powerful ↑ mafia family, the Corleone family, and Al Pacino appears as his son. Brando’s character is remembered for saying ‘I’m gonna make you an offer you can’t refuse’, and he organizes murders and other crimes using his family and friends. Two other films, The Godfather Part II and The Godfather Part III , were made about the same family.