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He would later cast Caan in The Rain People and in The Godfather as Sonny Corleone.

Vito has four children: Santino " Sonny " Corleone, Frederico " Fredo " Corleone, Michael " Mikey " Corleone, and Constanzia " Connie " Corleone.

It tells the story of how Vito Corleone rises to Don and how Sonny Corleone and Tom Hagen enter the family business.

: In 1917, Vito Corleone ( Robert De Niro ) lives in a tenement with his wife Carmela and son Sonny, and works in a New York grocery store owned by the father of a close friend.

* James Caan as Sonny Corleone ( cameo )

Atlantic Beach is home to the character Sonny Corleone in The Godfather.

James Caan's earlier " tough guy " roles are sometimes referenced, for example when Ed is in a Montecito commercial, the director says he needs to be more like Sonny Corleone in The Godfather.

Some of which include ; Calvin Klein, Darth Vader of the Planet Vulcan ( Back to the Future ), Clint Eastwood ( Back to the Future Part III ), and Sonny Crockett / Harry Callahan / Michael Corleone ( 2011 video game only ).

* Santino ' Sonny ' Corleone — Eldest brother, Underboss to Vito ; played by James Caan in The Godfather and Part II, and by Roman Coppola in flashback scenes from Part II.

* The episode spoofs the film The Godfather, as Marge attacks her mugger and then kicks him to under a fire hydrant before onlooking spectators in a manner similar to Sonny Corleone beating up Carlo Rizzi for physically abusing his sister Connie.

* The episode's final scene, showing James Caan being ambushed by hillbillies at a toll booth, is a parody of a scene in the film The Godfather when Sonny Corleone, portrayed by Caan, is shot and killed at a toll booth.

The scene where Bart is pelted with snowballs is a reference to the Sonny Corleone tollbooth shooting scene in the film The Godfather.

Lucy had an affair with Sonny Corleone conceiving a child Vincent Santino Mancini-Godfather I & III

* Vincent Mancini, illegitimate child of Sonny Corleone & Lucy Mancini.

In the film The Godfather, Sonny Corleone is listening to this broadcast on his car radio when he is murdered at a toll booth.

In the film The Godfather, Sonny and members of the Corleone family discuss the fact that black gangs have taken over their " policy banks " due to the turmoil caused by the gang wars between the Corleones and other New York Mafia families.

* Santino " Sonny " Corleone — Eldest son ; played by James Caan

* Santino ' Sonny ' Corleone — Elder brother ; played by James Caan

Santino " Sonny " Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather and its 1972 film adaptation.

When Sonny finds out that the Tattaglias also killed longtime Corleone enforcer Luca Brasi, he orders the death of Bruno Tattaglia, son and underboss of family boss Philip Tattaglia.

* Originally Caan was to be cast as the main character Michael Corleone ( Sonny's youngest brother ), while Carmine Caridi was signed as Sonny.