Originally posted by plawrence:
According to the alternate script, referred to elsewhere here recently, Fredo thought it was going to be a kidnapping....
Originally posted by olivant:
Fredo could have been convinced by Roth that he was only going to scare Michael. Fredo would have fallen for that. ....
Both reasonable theories (although I'd think Fredo knew by this time that NOTHING could 'scare' Michael Corleone), both of which prove that no matter how you look at it, by working with Roth Fredo was conspiring AGAINST his brother, and...even if he was too dumb to realize that the potential result could be Michael's death....knew that something bad would happen to him or a member of his family. Especially if he assisted in enabling something to occur at the Tahoe estate...where everybody lived.
Traitor. Deserved to die. Didn't know.
Apple
