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Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

1h 49min

Crime

Drama

A seven-hour chronological edit of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, expanded with over an hour of restored scenes to trace the Corleone family’s rise from Vito’s youth in Sicily to Michael’s reign in 1950s America, re-edited for its 1977 network television broadcast.

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

American Zoetrope

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

Part 1

1. Part 1

1h 14min

12th Nov 1977

A young Vito Corlenone rises up the mafia hierarchy.

Part 2

2. Part 2

1h 46min

13th Nov 1977

Hitman Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo is hired by the Tattaglia and Barzini families to kill off Don Vito Corleone, the most powerful mafia Don in New York. Vito survives the assassination, and his youngest son, Michael, launches a vendetta to kill the other four families and The Turk, and gets involved in the mafia family business which he was so hesitant to join in earlier years.

Part 3

3. Part 3

1h 30min

14th Nov 1977

Michael Corleone adapts to a life of solitude, Sonny grapples with his sister's abuse, and Vito seeks council.

Part 4

4. Part 4

2h 33min

15th Nov 1977

Michael manages the responsibilities of being a mafia don. Kay grows complacent with her husband's tightening of the crime syndicate, and danger looms due to a mysterious traitor.

First air date

12th Nov 1977

Last air date

15th Nov 1977

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

en

Networks