But still, the cop does enter the bar a little suspicious...
Sure he was suspicious. He thought Richie's bar should have been closed, and when he came in, he asked if he was open or close.
And where did all the cops suddenly came from anyway?
Directorial licens--FFC called them
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And what about this remark Tom made to Michael (taken from the transcript):
"ROTH. He engineered it MICHAEL. Frankie went to make a deal with the Rosato Brothers -- and they tried to kill him. Our people with the New York detectives said he was half dead, scared stiff, and calling out loud that you'd turned on him. They'd already had him on possession, bookmaking, murder 1, and a lot more."
That remark was in the context that Roth worked to keep Frankie's survival secret--not that he engineered Frankie's survival
per se. Roth was nothing if not resilient. As we learned from Fredo in the very next scene, the Senate lawyer, Questadt, belonged to Roth. Frankie wanted Roth dead. After Roth learned that Frankie survived, he had his man, Questadt, work with the NYC police and the FBI to keep his surival secret, so that Michael could be tricked into thinking that Cicci was the highest-ranking person to testify against him--and Cicci said he never got a direct order from Michael.
