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The freelance “Black Hand” extortionist in Hell’s Kitchen and Vito Corleone’s first hit. Fanucci extorts “protection” money from individuals and storekeepers and soon conflicts with the young Vito Corleone. However, Vito keenly senses that Fanucci relies on reputation alone to scare people and doesn’t back his threats with real violence. After Fanucci demands a share of the profit from Vito’s smuggling rackets, Vito murders him.
Don Fanucci Quotes in The Godfather
The The Godfather quotes below are all either spoken by Don Fanucci or refer to Don Fanucci. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 14 Quotes
When he became a Don and asked opponents to sit down and reason with him, they understood it was the last chance to resolve an affair without bloodshed and murder.
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Don Fanucci Character Timeline in The Godfather
The timeline below shows where the character Don Fanucci appears in The Godfather. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 14
...store, and befriends their son, Genco. In Vito’s Little Italy neighborhood, a man named Don Fanucci (a representative of the proto-Mafia “Black Hand”) uses threats of physical violence to extort money...
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Vito has grown up and is married with two children when Fanucci buys a share in the Abbandando’s store and forces Vito to give up his job...
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Don Fanucci, clad in his cream-colored suit and fedora, has gotten word of Vito’s hijacking efforts. He...
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...friends who can retaliate against those who do not pay up. Vito, however, knows that Fanucci has no real connections; otherwise, he would have killed all three men that slit his...
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Before Fanucci arrives at Vito’s apartment, Vito sends his family away for the evening. He plans to...
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As Fanucci turns the street corner, Vito runs up the stairs to the building roof. He follows...
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Much to his surprise, the police never question Vito about Fanucci’s murder, treating it as just another gangland hit. After two weeks, Vito meets again with...
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...the foolishness of his behavior until Sonny reveals that he witnessed his father murder Don Fanucci. The Don recognizes his hypocrisy in lecturing Sonny, who wants to join the “family business.”...
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