And while Don may be a term of respect, in the Trilogy and novel it is not used in any other context except as applied to the head of a crime family. In other words, GFIII does not present Altobello in any subsidiary role.
That's not really true. In Part III, when Michael arrives in Sicily, he adresses the major of Bagheria as "Don Bendino".
Or do you think the man was also a crime boss? He didn't look like one...
"It was between the brothers Kay -- I had nothing to do with it."
