The Godfather教父 1972 Movie Script

CLEMENZA (O.S.) It's as cold as they come, impossible to trace.

(he turns it upside down) Don't worry about prints Mike, I put a special tape on the trigger and butt. Here.

(he hands the gun to another pair of hands) Whatsamatter? Trigger too tight.

(it fires:

very LOUD) I left it noisy, so it'll scare any pain-in-the-neck innocent bystander away.

MICHAEL is alone with CLEMENZA in a cellar workshop.

CLEMENZA:

Just let your hand drop to your side, and let the gun slip out.

Everybody will still think you got it. They'll be starin' at your face, see? Then walk out of the place real fast, but don't run.

Don't look anybody directly in the eye, but don't look away from them neither. Hey, they'll be scared stiff o you, believe me. Nobody's gonna bother with you. Don't worry about nothing; you'd be surprised how good these things go. O.K., put your hat on, let's see how you look. Helps with identification.

They put the hat on; CLEMENZA adjusts it.

CLEMENZA:

Mostly it gives witnesses an excuse to change their identification when we make them see the light. Then you take a long vacation and we catch the hell.

MICHAEL:

How bad will it be?

CLEMENZA:

Probably all the other families will line up against us. But, it's alright. These things have to happen once every ten years or so...gets rid of the bad blood.

You gotta stop 'em at the beginning.

Like they shoulda stopped Hitler at Munich, they shoulda never let him get away with that, they were just asking for big trouble...

INT DAY:

DON'S HALL & LIVING ROOM (WINTER 1945) MICHAEL steps into the foyer of the main house. A card table is set up with a man playing cards with three of the Corleone buttonmen.

He continues into the living room. It's a mess. SONNY asleep on the sofa. On the coffee table are the remains of a take-out Chinese food dinner, and a half-empty bottle of whisky. The radio is playing.

MICHAEL:

Why don't you stop living like a bum and get this place cleaned up.

SONNY:

What are you, inspecting the barracks?

(SONNY sits up with his head in his hands) You ready? Did Clemenza tell you be sure to drop the gun right away?

MICHAEL:

A million times.

SONNY:

Sollozzo and McCluskey are going to pick you up in an hour and a half on Times Square, under the big Camels sign.

HAGEN:

We don't let Mike go until we have the hostage, Sonny.

CLEMENZA:

It's okay...the hostage is outside playing pinochle with three of my men.

The phone rings in the DON's office.

SONNY:

That could be a Tattaglia informer with the meeting place.