america has made my fortune.
i raised my daughter in the american fashion; i gave her freedom, but taught her never to dishonor her family. she found a boy friend, not an italian. she went to the movies with him, stayed out late. two months ago he took her for a drive, with another boy friend. 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 broken, her jaw was shattered and held together by wire, and she could not even weep because of the pain.
i went to the police like a good american. these two boys were arrested and brought to trial. the judge sentenced them to three years in prison, and suspended the sentence. suspended sentence! they went free that very day. i stood in the courtroom like a fool, and those bastards, they smiled at me. then i said to my wife, for justice, we must go to the godfather.
what do you want of me? i'll give you anything you want, but do what i ask!
i ask for justice.
an eye for an eye!
then make them suffer as she suffers. how much shall i pay you.
america has been good to me.
be my friend.
godfather.
yes, i understand. i'm listening.
anything. anything the godfather wishes.
the don himself is coming to me tonight?
for the last year, they have been killing one another. so now, what? your godfather comes to me. why? they've killed someone so important that they wish to make his body disappear.
they could make me an accomplice to their murder. they could send me to jail!
and if the other families find out. they will make me their enemy. they could come here to our house. i curse the day i ever went to the godfather.
what do you wish me to do?
yes, i understand i'm listening.