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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?

Fredo. My brother Fredo.

Yeah. This is your friend, huh?

I don’t know what to do.

My voice is weak. It’s weak.

Anyway, if I had this part in the picture, you know, it puts me right back up on top again.

But this.

This man out there. He won’t give it to me, the head of the studio.

What’s his name?

Woltz. Woltz, he.

He won’t give it to me, and he says there’s no chance.

No chance.

All right, start talking.

I was sent by a friend of Johnny Fontane.

This friend is my client. He would give his undying friendship to Mr. Woltz, if Mr. Woltz would grant us a small favor.

Woltz is listening.

Give Johnny the part in that new war film you’re starting next week.

And, uh. What favor would your friend grant Mr. Woltz?

You’re gonna have some union problems, my client could make them disappear.

Also one of your top stars has just moved from marijuana to heroin.

Are you trying to muscle me? Absolutely not.

Now, listen to me, you smooth talking son-of-a-bitch!

Let me lay it on the line for you and your boss, whoever he is.

Johnny Fontane will never get that movie!

I don’t care how many Dago Guinea wop greaseball goombahs come out of the woodwork!

I’‘m German-Irish.

Well, let me tell you something, my Kraut-Mick friend.

I’m going to make so much trouble for you! You won’t know what hit ya.

Mr. Woltz. I’m a lawyer. I have not threatened.

I know almost every big lawyer in New York. Who the hell are you?

I have a special practice. I handle one client.

Now you have my number, 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.

Yeah. Very nice.

Why didn’t you say you work for Corleone, Tom?

I thought you were some cheap two-bit hustler Johnny was running in, trying to bluff me.

I don’t like to use his name until it’’s really necessary.

How’s your drink, Tom? Fine.

Hey come on over here with me. I wanna show you something really beautiful.

You do appreciate beauty, don’‘t you?

There you are. $600,000 on four hoofs.

I’ll bet Russian czars never paid that kinda dough 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. Welcome.

Let’s get something to eat, huh?

Corleone is Johnny’s godfather.

To the Italian people that’s a very religious, sacred, close relationship.

And I respect that.

Just tell him, he should ask me anything else.

But this is one favor I can’t give him.

Well, he never asks a second favor when he’s been refused the first.

Understood?

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 proteges.

For five years, we had her under training.

Singing lessons, acting lessons, dancing lessons.

I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on her, I was gonna make her a big star.

And let me be even more frank.

Just to show you that I’‘m not a hardhearted man.

That it’s not all dollars and cents.

She was beautiful. She was young, she was innocent!

She’’s the greatest piece of ass I’ve had and I’ve had them all over the world.

And 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!

Now you get the hell out of here!

If that goombah tries any rough stuff, you tell him I ain’t no bandleader.

Yeah, I heard that story.

Thank you for the dinner and a very pleasant evening.

Maybe your car can take me to the airport.

Mr. Corleone is a man who insists on hearing bad news immediately.