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The production faced serious pushback from the real-life Italian-American Civil Rights League—led by mob boss Joe Colombo—who claimed the film was derogatory. To settle the conflict, the production agreed to a unique demand: the word was never to be spoken in the movie. They also hired several actual mobsters as extras and advisors to ensure "authenticity". Quick Highlights

The gruesome horse head found in the producer's bed was not a prop . The production obtained a real one from a local dog food company. the-godfather-1

In the iconic opening scene, Don Vito Corleone famously strokes a grey cat while hearing a plea for justice. This cat was actually a that director Francis Ford Coppola found wandering around the Paramount Pictures lot. He handed it to Marlon Brando right before filming, and the cat took to him so well that its loud purring actually muffled Brando’s dialogue. Most of his lines in that scene had to be rerecorded later because of the noisy feline. Brando’s "Bulldog" Transformation The production faced serious pushback from the real-life

Lenny Montana, who played the assassin Luca Brasi, was a professional wrestler who was so genuinely nervous about acting opposite Brando that he fumbled his lines. Coppola liked the authentic anxiety so much that he added a scene of Brasi rehearsing his speech to make the nervousness part of the character. Pauline Kael Reviews “The Godfather” - The New Yorker Quick Highlights The gruesome horse head found in