Tattaglia’s death both avenged Vito and was part of Michael’s takeover of the New York underworld.

He wasn’t the only traitor Michael dealt with, however.

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Don Cuneo (Rudy Bond) screaming as he’s shot through a revolving door and Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) staring into a votive candle at his nephew’s baptism in The Godfather

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Victor Stracci (Don Costello) exiting the elevator he dies in in The Godfather

The Godfather chronicles the Italian-American Corleone crime family from 1945 to 1955. Following an assassination attempt on family patriarch Vito Corleone, his youngest son Michael emerges to orchestrate a brutal campaign of retribution, cementing his role in the family’s illicit empire.

Moe Greene

Carmine Cuneo (Rudy Bond) being shot in a revolving door in The Godfather

Two of Michael’s goons break into Tattaglia’s room firing machine guns in The Godfather

Barzini being shot and falling down a flight of stairs in The Godfather.

Tessio attends Vito’s funeral in The Godfather

Marlon Brando

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