Which crime family was the godfather based on

Both of Jewish descent, Siegel and Greene also met similar fates when a fusillade of bullets was shot through their bodies, notably each man received a bullet in their eye sockets.

However, Siegel was killed for stealing money from the mob, while Greene's disrespect for the Corleones hastened his end. Mobster Joseph Bonanno didn't want his son, Bill, to get into the family business.

Encouraging Bill to live on the straight-and-narrow, Joseph got his son to go to law school — just like Vito had his son Michael do. Despite his father's wishes, Michael — like Bill — found his way into the mob life. However, that's where the common thread ends. In real life, Bill's personality was more like Michael's older brother, Fredo. He was ostentatious, attention-seeking, lived off of his family's wealth and never received the respect he so badly wanted from his father's men.

In The Godfather , the Corleones discovered one of their own was conspiring against Michael's ascent to power. At first, the suspicion is directed to a more brazen mobster, but the family soon finds out it is the quiet stalwart Salvatore Tessio played by Abe Vigoda who was behind the attempted assassination of Michael at a mob summit.

Real-life gangster Gaspar DiGregorio was the inspiration behind Tessio's character. When Joseph Bonanno tried to transfer his power over to his son, DiGregorio felt wronged and began a divisive campaign against the mob leader, which the newspapers dubbed, the Banana War.

As Tessio did in the film, DiGregorio tried to pull a meeting together between the two factions, with the intention of assassinating the Bonnanos. Unlike DiGregorio's jealousy and lust for power, though, Tessio wanted Michael removed because he just didn't think the latter was the best man for the job. While DiGregorio failed to kill his rivals and died in obscurity, Tessio was "taken for a ride" and executed for his betrayal. In one of the most memorable scenes in The Godfather , Michael makes a pivotal shift from being innocent to turning into a full-fledged gangster.

Inviting two of his father's enemies to a restaurant to settle their issues, Michael takes off to the bathroom, where he locates a gun planted for him. He returns to dinner and proceeds to shoot both men to death. The film's restaurant shooting was inspired by one of the most notorious public executions in mob history. In , famed mobster Lucky Luciano , who was bent on usurping power from his mentor and boss Giuseppe "Joe" Masseria, asked him out to lunch at a restaurant in Coney Island.

When Luciano took off to the men's room, Masseria met his untimely end when he was gunned down by a group of hitmen. American mobster turned informant Joseph Valachi testifies before the Senate Rackets Committee in As the game progresses, however, Trapani will take more and more territories and establish the Corleones as the most powerful family once again.

At the start, the Corleones can only rival the Tattaglias in terms of combat and can barely defend themselves against other families. At first, a Corleone Capo can hold out against a Tattaglia Underboss in fisticuffs for a while before got overwhelmed, but they cannot last long against Stracci Capo and are even outmatched by Cuneo and Barzini Soldiers. The uniqueness of the Corleone Family, however, is they are the only family with a chance to grow. At the near end of the game once the player reaches Underboss or Don , the tide will turn: Corleone Soldiers become strong enough to hold out against Tattaglia Underbosses and the Underbosses will be incredibly strong, defeating Barzini Underbosses with little difficulty.

The Corleone family's crest is a white lion standing on one of its hind legs, with the rest of its limbs and its tail raised "rampant", in heraldic terms , on a black field; this is similar to the coat-of-arms of the real Sicilian town of Corleone, which bears a golden lion rampant holding a heart on a red field. In the first game and its expansion, the Corleone main color is black, but in the second game it is red, along with the Trapani crime family.

It is named after Corleone family. The Godfather Wiki Explore. Films Books Games. The Godfather. Cuneo crime family Tattaglia crime family Barzini crime family Chicago Outfit Molinari crime family Greco crime family Falcone crime family.

Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Corleone crime family. View source. History Talk 5. This article is about the criminal organisation. You may be looking for the bloodline. A chart of the Corleone crime family, as displayed during the Senate inquiry against Michael Corleone.

Showtime, seen on TV. Los Angeles Times. The Complete Idiots Guide to the Mafia. Alpha, p. ISBN Universal Conquest Wiki. Don Vito Corleone. Consigliere Tom Hagen. Caporegime Peter Clemenza. Soldato Paulie Gatto. Soldato Luca Brasi. Soldato Gino Fredonna. Soldato Frank Darra. Soldato Bobby Altieri. Soldato Jimmy Mancini. Soldato Johnny LaSala.

Soldato Richie Gatto. Soldato Tony Rosato. Soldato Tony DeRosa. Soldato Rocco Lampone. Soldato Aldo Trapani. Associate Sally Rags. Associate Coach. Caporegime Salvatore Tessio. Soldato Chris Penarri. Soldato Nino Arneldi. Soldato Gino Corsetta. Soldato Bartolo Neni. Soldato Peter Leone. Soldato Al Hats. Soldato Eddie Veltri. How did the mob try to shakedown The Godfather 's production? Read on to find out:. Don Corleone was inspired by real-life mob boss Frank Costello. Don Vito Corleone has similarities to several real-life mobsters, including Joe Profaci, who used his olive oil distributorship as a front for his illegal activities, and Carlo Gambino, who used a quiet, non-flashy style en route to power.

Costello preferred to draw little attention to himself and the mob, choosing reason over violence whenever possible and using diplomacy and his extensive connections in politics and business to maintain power. In fact, Marlon Brando even based Corleone's soft, raspy voice on Costello's after he listened to tapes of Costello testifying to the Kefauver Committee on Organized Crime.

Casino mogul Moe Greene's life and death mimics real-life mobster Bugsy Siegel's. Like Greene, who was memorably shot in the eye for betraying the Corleone family, Siegel was shot in the head after he allegedly stole money from the mob to build his casino.

And, just as the Corleones took over Greene's gambling business, the day after Siegel was killed, the mob walked into the Flamingo and took over the operation. Michael Corleone's restaurant hit is similar to one of the most important hits in mob history.

In The Godfather , after meeting two of his father's enemies in a restaurant to "settle" their dispute, Michael takes them out by shooting them with a gun he had planted in the bathroom.