Directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script by Coppola and Mario Puzo adapted from Puzo’s original novel. Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, John Cazale, Richard Castellano, and Sterling Hayden. Released 24 March 1972. You can listen to ANN DVORAK: HOLLYWOOD’S FORGOTTEN REBEL and MEAN, MOODY, MAGNIFICENT: JANE RUSSELL AND THE MARKETING OF A HOLLYWOOD LEGEND author Christina Rice and I wax ecstatic about our mutual obsession with this masterpiece here.