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Why The Godfather is still the best gangster film - 50 years on

By Jonathan Dean
The Times·
8 mins to read
Why The Godfather is still the best gangster film - 50 years on
Why The Godfather is still the best gangster film - 50 years on

The Godfather at 50 - Francis Ford Coppola's mafia epic revolutionised movies, television and Hollywood. The director, his daughter and a mob of admirers talk family, flawed heroes and the future. By Jonathan Dean.

Fifty years ago Francis Ford Coppola was worried. Rightly. The Godfather, the biggest film of his

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