Don Corrado Prizzi in Prizzi's Honor

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Don Corrado Prizzi in "Prizzi's Honor" is the aging, cunning patriarch of a powerful New York Mafia family whose decisions drive much of the film’s darkly comic intrigue.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
mafia boss
adaptedFor film Prizzi's Honor
appearsIn 1985 film Prizzi's Honor NERFINISHED
Prizzi's Honor NERFINISHED
novel Prizzi's Honor NERFINISHED
associatedWithEthnicity Italian-American (fictional)
associatedWithOrganization Prizzi crime family NERFINISHED
characterTrait aging
cunning
countryOfFictionalOrigin United States NERFINISHED
createdBy Richard Condon NERFINISHED
decisionMakingRole orders and approves key criminal operations
familyName Prizzi NERFINISHED
fictionalLocation New York City NERFINISHED
fictionalStatus alive during events of Prizzi's Honor
filmReleaseYear 1985
genreContext crime film
dark comedy
givenName Corrado NERFINISHED
hasRelative Charley Partanna NERFINISHED
influences fates of multiple main characters in Prizzi's Honor
inUniverseOccupation organized crime leader
languageOfWork English
medium film
literature
narrativeFunction central figure in the film's darkly comic intrigue
drives much of the film's plot
partOf Prizzi's Honor franchise
portrayedBy William Hickey NERFINISHED
powerStatus head of a powerful Mafia family
relationshipToCharleyPartanna family patriarch and boss GENERATED
roleInWork head of a New York Mafia family
patriarch of the Prizzi crime family
title Don NERFINISHED
toneContext darkly comic
workBasedOn novel Prizzi's Honor by Richard Condon
workDirectedBy John Huston NERFINISHED

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William Hickey playedCharacter Don Corrado Prizzi in Prizzi's Honor