The Long Arm of the Godfather Page #2

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- Made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

- What was that?

- Luca Brasi held a gun to his head...

...and father said that either his brains or

his signature would be on the contract.

That's a true story.

That's my family, Kay. It's not me.

Beautiful!

I'll take care of it.

Tom...

I want you to find Santino.

Tell him to come to the office.

How are you, Fredo?

My brother Fredo,

this is Kay Adams.

- Hi.

- How are you doing?

- This is my brother Mike.

- Are you having a good time?

Yeah. This is your friend?

I don't know what to do.

My voice is weak. It's weak.

Anyway, if I had this part in the picture,

it puts me right back on top again.

But this... Man won't give it to me,

the head of the studio.

- What's his name?

- Woltz.

He won't give it to me,

and he says there's no chance.

Sonny?

Sonny?

Sonny?

- Sonny, are you in there?

- What?

The old man wants you.

One minute.

A month ago he bought the movie rights

to this book, a best-seller.

The main character

is a guy just like me.

I wouldn't even have to act.

Godfather, I don't know what to do.

You can act like a man!

What's the matter with you?

Is this how you turned out a Hollywood

finocchio, that cries like a woman?

"What can I do? What can I do?"

What is that nonsense?

Ridiculous.

- You spend time with your family?

- Sure I do.

Good.

Because a man who doesn't spend time

with his family can never be a real man.

You look terrible. I want you to eat.

Rest, and in a month this Hollywood

big shot will give you what you want.

It's too late, they start shooting

in a week.

I'm going to make him an offer

he can't refuse.

Just go outside and enjoy yourself,

and forget about all this nonsense.

- I want you to leave it all to me.

- All right.

- What time does my daughter leave?

- Soon, after they cut the cake.

Do we give your son-in-law

something important?

Never. Give him a living, but never

discuss the family business with him.

- What else?

- Virgil Sollozzo called.

- We'll have to see him next week.

- When you come back from California.

- When am I going to California?

- Tonight.

I want you to talk to this movie big shot

and settle this business for Johnny.

If there's nothing else, I'd like to go

to my daughter's wedding.

Carlo, we're going to take the picture.

Wait a minute.

No, Michael. Not me.

Okay, that's it. Just like that. Hold it!

- You need a little more heat on that arc.

- Start talking.

I was sent by a friend

of Johnny Fontane.

This friend would give

his friendship to Mr Woltz...

...if Mr Woltz would grant us a favour.

Woltz is listening.

Give Johnny the part in that war film

you're starting next week.

And what favour would your friend

grant Mr Woltz?

He could make your future union

problems disappear.

And one of your stars has just moved

from marijuana to heroin.

Are you trying to muscle me?

Listen, you son-of-a-b*tch!

Let me lay it on the line. Johnny

Fontane will never get that movie!

No matter how many Dago Guinea

greaseballs come out of the woodwork!

- I'm German-Irish.

- Listen here, my Kraut-Mick friend.

- I'm going to make trouble for you!

- I'm a lawyer. I haven't threatened...

I know New York's big lawyers.

Who are you?

I have a special practice. I handle

one client. I'll wait for your call.

By the way, I admire your pictures

very much.

Check him out.

- It's really beautiful.

- Look at this.

- It used to decorate a king's palace.

- Very nice.

Why didn't you say

you work for Corleone?

I thought you were some cheap hustler

Johnny was running in.

- I only use his name when necessary.

- How's your drink?

- Fine.

- Now I'll show you something beautiful.

You do appreciate beauty, don't you?

There you are.

I bet Russian czars never paid

that for a single horse.

Khartoum.

Khartoum.

I'm not going to race him, though.

I'm going to put him out to stud.

Thanks, Tony.

Let's get something to eat.

Corleone is Johnny's godfather.

To the Italian people that's

a very sacred, close relationship.

I respect it. Tell him to ask me anything

else. This favour I can't give him.

He never asks a second favour

when he's been refused the first.

You don't understand. Johnny Fontane

never gets that movie.

That part is perfect for him.

It'll make him a big star.

I'm going to run him out of the business,

and let me tell you why.

Johnny Fontane ruined one of Woltz

International's most valuable protgs.

We trained her for five years.

Singing, acting, dancing lessons.

I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars

on her, to make her a big star.

Let me be even more frank.

To show you that I'm not a hard-hearted

man. That it's not all dollars and cents.

She was beautiful.

She was young and innocent!

She's the greatest piece of ass I've had

and I've had them all over the world.

Then Johnny Fontane comes along with

his olive oil voice and Guinea charm.

And she runs off.

She threw it all away

just to make me look ridiculous!

And a man in my position can't afford

to be made to look ridiculous!

You get the hell out of here!

If that goombah tries any rough stuff,

tell him I'm no bandleader.

Yeah, I heard that story.

Thank you for dinner

and a very pleasant evening.

Maybe your car can take me

to the airport.

Mr Corleone insists on hearing

bad news immediately.

- You're not too tired, are you, Tom?

- No, I slept on the plane.

I have the Sollozzo notes here.

Now...

Sollozzo is known as The Turk. He's

supposed to be very good with a knife...

...but only in matters of business

with reasonable complaint.

His business is narcotics.

He has fields in Turkey,

where they grow poppy.

In Sicily he has plants to process them

into heroin.

He needs cash, he needs protection

from the police.

He'll give a piece of the action.

I don't know how much.

The Tattaglia family is behind him here.

They have to be in it for something.

- What about his prison record?

- One term in Italy, one here.

He's known as a top narcotics man.

- Santino, what do you think?

- A lot of money in that white powder.

Tom?

Yes. There's more money in narcotics

than anything else.

If we don't get into it, somebody else

will, maybe the five families.

With that money they can buy

more police and political power.

Then they come after us.

Now we have unions and gambling, and

that's great, but narcotics is the future.

If we don't get a piece of that action,

we risk everything in ten years' time.

So? What's your answer

going to be, Pop?

Don Corleone.

I need a man who has powerful friends.

I need a million dollars in cash.

I need those politicians that you carry

in your pocket, like nickels and dimes.

- What is the interest for my family?

- 30 per cent.

In the first year your end should be

three, four million dollars.

And then it would go up.

And what is the interest

for the Tattaglia family?

My compliments.

I'll take care of them, out of my share.

So I receive 30 per cent for finance...

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