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Franco Citti is known for:

  • Accattone
    A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.
  • The Godfather: Part III
    In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
  • The Godfather
    Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

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Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Franco Citti (born 23 April 1935 in Rome) was an Italian actor. He came to fame at the age of 26, playing the title role in Pier Paolo Pasolini's film Accattone. In 1967 he appeared in the title role in Pasolini's version of Oedipus Rex. He is perhaps best-known to non-Italian audienes as Calo in The Godfather I and III and uttering the line 'In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns'. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Franco Citti , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.