I have a paperback of "The Godfather" that came out after the movie, with still photos from the movie in the book.

There is one photo, captioned "Michael the Avenger" that shows Pacino wearing a white fedora, firing a shotgun (or "lupara").

Obviously this scene was not in either GF or GF2. To my knowledge, it is not even available as a "deleted" scene.

My guess is that they filmed a scene of Michael killing Fabrizio in GF that was never used. (I'm guessing Michael would kill Fabrizio himself because of the particularly treasonous nature of his crime.)

But, perhaps because FFC knew (or at least sensed) that there would be a sequel, GF2, in which Fabrizio would finally be whacked (why else would they not avenge his treason in GF?), he felt he could leave that scene on the cutting floor.

Has anyone else seen this photo of Michael, or know what happened to this scene?