Originally posted by Turnbull:
You raise good points, Injektilo and Fanucci. I also think being "made" requires murder, as in "making your bones," but I'm not sure it's consistent. Junior Gotti and Bill Bonanno, were made, apparently without killing anyone, because they were sons of Dons. Nicky, in "Goodfellas," did kill someone--Morrie, with an icepick, in Frankie Carbone's Lincoln Connie, but it was at the behest of Jimmy Conway, not a made man himself. Then again, Jimmy was treated as if he were a capo or underboss--really lorded it over all the Italians in the film. Joe Valachie was a made man, but he never admitted to killing anyone except the guy in the Atlanta pen. I dunno--it's all over the place.
I think Nicky would have killed a few people before Morrie. That guy was mean! Goodfellas seems to be the movie that makes the most statements about 'rank'. However as said before, it says that killing someone is not enough, you have to be recommended by a Don or other high ranking Mafia member.
