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The finished film leaves unclear exactly what about his brother’s presence motivated Frank to change his story. The final film only states that Vincenzo is himself a Mafia chieftain in Sicily.
An early draft of the film explains that Vincenzo, shocked that Frankie is about to break his blood oath and betray the Corleones to government authorities, attends the hearing to remind Frankie that he must not break the Mafia’s code of silence, Omertà.
When Sollozzo entered the picture, he requested the Corleone for protection and to give up political influence, something that he did not need at large for his business – so he was pushing his and someone else’s agenda -, in return he will give a cut of the profits, and take care of the Tataglia from his end.
Why did Michael Corleone go through the trouble of assassinating Stracci and Cuneo, too, instead of limiting the bloodletting to just Barzini and Tattaglia?
Actually, in the novel, Michael did only hit Barzini and Tattaglia.
According to the original source material, Stracci and Cuneo were considered less antagonistic of the Five Families, and they never put their full weight behind Barzini and Tattaglia.
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