if there was 1 character that could have survived amd changes the whole outcome of the story.... who do you think it would be? and how?
I've wondered if it was necessary to kill McCluskey. He had no personal loyalty to Solozzo, and was always willing to make an accomodation. Michael had just a split second to make a decision, of course, but his shooting of the police captain was the pretext that allowed the bystander families to declare war on the Corleones. Tataglia alone could never have outfought Santino.
