Most scenes together: Michael Corleone & Tom Hagen (5), Michael Corleone & Kay (5), Santino "Sonny" Corleone & Tom Hagen (4)
I apologize if I offended you. I am a stranger in this country. And I meant no disrespect to you, or your daughter. I am an American, hiding in Sicily. My name is Michael Corleone. There are people who'd pay a lot of money for that information. But then your daughter would lose a father instead of gaining a husband. I want to meet your daughter with your permission and under the supervision of your family with all respect.
What I want - what's most important to me - is that I have a guarantee: No more attempts on my father's life.
What guarantees could I give you, Mike? I am the hunted one! I missed my chance. You think too much of me, kid - I'm not that clever. All I want is a truce.
Your boss is dead. I know you're not in the muscle-end of the family, Tom, so I don't want you to be scared. I want you to help the Corleones, and I want you to help me. Yeah, we got him outside his office just about an hour after we picked you up. Drink it. So now it's up to you to make the peace between me and Sonny. Sonny was hot for my deal, wasn't he? And you knew it was the right thing to do.
Sonny'll come after you with everything's he got.
That'll be his first reaction, sure. That's why you gotta talk some sense into him. The Tattaglia family is behind me with all their people. The other New York Families will go along with anything that will prevent a full-scale war. Let's face it, Tom, and all due respect, the Don, rest in peace, was -- slippin'. Ten years ago, could I have gotten to him? Well now, he's dead. He's dead, Tom, and nothing can bring him back. So you gotta talk to Sonny, you gotta talk to the caporegimes, that Tessio and that Fat Clemenza. It's good business, Tom.
I'll try, but even Sonny won't be able to call Luca Brasi off.
Yeah, well, let me worry about Luca. You just talk to Sonny and the other two kids.
I'll try my best.
Good. Now, you can go. I don't like violence, Tom. I'm a business man. Blood is a big expense.
Michael, why am I out?
You're not a wartime consigliere, Tom. Things may get rough with the move we're trying.
He's known as 'The Turk.' He's supposed to be very good with a knife, but only in matters of business or some sort of reasonable complaint. His business is narcotics. He has fields in Turkey where they grow the poppies. And in Sicily, he has the plants to process them into heroin. Now, he needs cash and he needs protection from the police, for which he gives a piece of the action. I couldn't find out how much. The Tattaglia family is behind him here in New York.
There's a lot of money in that white powder.
Well, I say yes. There's more money potential in narcotics than anything else we're looking at. Now if we don't get into it, somebody else will. Maybe one of the Five Families, maybe all of them. Now, with the money they earn, they can buy more police and political power - then they come after us. Now we have the unions, we have the gambling, and they're the best things to have. But narcotics is a thing of the future. And if we don't get a piece of that action, we risk everything we have - I mean not now, but ten years from now.
I believe in America. America has made my fortune. And I raised my daughter in the American fashion. I gave her freedom, but I taught her never to dishonor her family. She found a boyfriend; not an Italian. She went to the movies with him; she stayed out late. I didn't protest. Two months ago, he took her for a drive, with another boyfriend. They made her drink whiskey. And then they tried to take advantage of her. She resisted. She kept her honor. So they beat her, like an animal. When I went to the hospital, her nose was a'broken. Her jaw was a'shattered, held together by wire. She couldn't even weep because of the pain. But I wept. Why did I weep? She was the light of my life, a beautiful girl. Now she will never be beautiful again. I went to the police, like a good American. These two boys were brought to trial. The judge sentenced them to three years in prison - suspended sentence. Suspended sentence! They went free that very day! I stood in the courtroom like a fool. And those two bastards, they smiled at me. Then I said to my wife, for justice, we must go to Don Corleone.
Can you get me off the hook, Tom? You know, for old times' sake?
Can't do it, Sally.
Tell Michael it was strictly business. I always liked him.
He understands that.
Barzini wants to arrange a meeting, straighten any of our problems out.
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Tessio. I always thought it would be Clemenza.
It's the smart move. Tessio was always smarter.
Luca Brasi Don Corleone, I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to your daughter's wedding... on the day of your daughter's wedding. And I hope that their first child will be a masculine child. I pledge my ever-ending loyalty.
Sonny was hot for my deal, wasn't he? And you knew it was the right thing to do...you gotta talk some sense into him. The Tattaglia family is behind me with all their people. The other New York families will go along with anything that will prevent a full-scale war. Let's face it, Tom, and all due respect. The Don, rest in peace, was slippin'. Ten years ago could I have gotten to him? Well, now he's dead. He's dead, Tom, and nothing can bring him back. So you gotta talk to Sonny and the other two kids; you gotta talk to the 'capo' regimes, that Tessio and Fat Clemenza. It's good business, Tom... let me worry about Luca. I don't like violence, Tom. I'm a business man. Blood is a big expense.
Mikey, why don't you tell that nice girl you love her? (Mocking) "I love you with all-a my heart, if I don't see-a you again soon, I'm-a gonna die..."
Capt. McCluskey I thought I got all you Guinea hoods locked up, what the hell are you doing here?
What happened to the men who were guarding my father?
Capt. McCluskey Why you little punk! What the hell are you doing telling me my business? I pulled them guys off of here, eh! -- now you get outta here -- and stay away from this hospital!
I'm not moving until you put some guards around my father's room.
Capt. McCluskey Phil, take him in!
Cop The kid's clean Captain, he's a war hero! He's never been busted for the rackets...
Capt. McCluskey God Damn it, I said take him in!
What's the Turk paying you to set up my father, Captain?
Capt. McCluskey Take a hold of him, stand him up, stand him up straight.
[McCluskey punches Michael and breaks his jaw]
A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.
Tattaglia's a pimp. He never could've out-fought Santino. But I didn't know until this day that it was Barzini all along.
What the hell is this?
It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.
