The Godfather, often hailed as the greatest gangster film ever made, shattered box office records upon its 1972 release. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, it was the highest-grossing film of its ...

Francis Ford Coppola reveals the unexpected reason The Godfather became a classic - The Oscar-winning director says it wasn’t the mob violence or Marlon Brando’s performance that made the 1972 ...