Geary agrees to their terms.įredo later betrays Michael after being approached by Johnny Ola ( Dominic Chianese), an associate of rival gangster Hyman Roth ( Lee Strasberg). Hagen tells Geary that Fredo operates the brothel, and "it will be as if she never existed". Hagen offers the Corleone family's help in eliminating the problem in exchange for Geary's "friendship". After Geary tries to extort money from Michael, he is implicated in a prostitute's murder, which the film implies was a setup by Michael to bring the senator to heel. Spradlin) under the Corleone Family's control to gain his assistance in obtaining gambling licenses. When she dances and flirts with another man, he furiously drags her off the dance floor and threatens to hit her, though Deanna drunkenly mocks him until one of Michael's staff hauls her away, with Fredo's permission.Ĭonsigliere Tom Hagen is ordered to bring Senator Pat Geary ( G. During a large family gathering, Fredo is unable to control his intoxicated wife, Deanna Dunn ( Marianna Hill). When Fredo scolds Michael for being openly hostile to Greene, Michael in turn berates Fredo for openly taking sides against the family during a meeting with Greene, warning him never to do so again.īy the beginning of The Godfather Part II, Fredo has become Michael's underboss, though he has only nominal power. When Michael learns that Greene slapped Fredo, he is angered and confronts Greene, but is also dismayed that Fredo has fallen under Greene's influence. This creates a lasting rift between the two surviving brothers. When Fredo's womanizing starts affecting business, Greene slaps him in public.Īfter Sonny is assassinated, Vito chooses Michael as his successor of the Corleone Family. While in Las Vegas, Fredo learns the casino trade and becomes acquainted with former hitman Moe Greene ( Alex Rocco), who runs a major Vegas hotel that the Corleone family bankrolled. To aid Fredo's recovery and protect him from possible reprisals, Sonny sends his younger brother to Las Vegas under the protection of Don Anthony Molinari of San Francisco. In the novel, Fredo is sickened after witnessing his father being shot, going into shock. He sits on the curb next to his severely wounded father, weeping. Fredo, terrified, drops his gun, failing to return fire. In a pivotal scene in the novel and film, Fredo is with his father when assassins working for drug kingpin Virgil Sollozzo ( Al Lettieri) gun down Don Corleone in the street. In the films, Fredo's feelings of personal inadequacy and his inability to act effectively on his own behalf are character flaws leading to greater consequences.Īppearances The Godfather In the novel, Fredo's primary weakness is his womanizing, a habit he develops after moving to Las Vegas and which earns his father's disfavor. īeing weaker and less intelligent than his brothers, Fredo has little power or status within the Corleone crime family. Corleone family consigliere Tom Hagen ( Robert Duvall) is his informally adopted brother. Fredo is the younger brother of Sonny ( James Caan) and the elder brother to Michael ( Al Pacino) and sister, Connie ( Talia Shire). He is the second son of the Mafia don Vito Corleone ( Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro). Fredo is portrayed by American actor John Cazale in the Francis Ford Coppola 1972 film adaptation and in the 1974 sequel, The Godfather Part II. One illegitimate son with Marguerite "Rita" Duvallįederico Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather. Mobster, Hotel & Casino Manager, Brothel Owner
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