Winkler turned him down, becausehe didnt think Coppola had the chops to make a movie about the mafia.

01393014_poster_w780.jpg

This Terrible Gangster Movie Starring Robert De Niro Came Out Just 1 Year Before The Godfather & Almost Featured Al Pacino Instead

Custom Image by Milica Djordjevic

Robert De Niro shrugging in The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight.

Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone leaning in The Godfather.

Headshot Of Jerry Orbach

Cast Placeholder Image

Movies

The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight