In one of the first scenes of the Godfather II, Michael is in his office with Senator Geary and discusses a deal. Michael makes mention of a man named "Turnbull" and he proclaims that he is "a good man". Who is Turnbull and what does Michael mean by "good man"? Does he mean that Turnbull is a part of "our thing" or what? Sorry but this confuses me everytime I watch this great scene.

As much as I remember, Michael was contacting with Geary through Turnbull, about buying that Miami licence. Later, when Geary starts to go, he says that all their contacts after that meeting must be through Turnbull, not personal.

My feeling is that Turnbull is just a buffer/'middle man' for Geary, so Geary never directly gets his hands dirty. Most likely a Lawyer who handles most of Geary's less than legitimate dealings. Possibly his personal Lawyer.
I'm sure "our Turnbull" has a better answer.

The Turnbull from the film was named after the Turnbull on our board. Coppola, while writing the script, had heard about this "Turnbull" guy already knowing absolutely eerything there was to know about his Trilogy (even though Part III wasn't even in the pipeline), and so decided to pay homage with the character.

Mick

yeah right,dont you mean Turnbell got his name from the film.

Belle, welcome to the board!

There was a pretty good discussion a while back in which our own Turnbull (the screen name one of our BB members uses) described the process by which Sen. Geary and the Corleone family might exchange products and services...but I can't find it. Search on a couple of different keyword combinations relative to the topic and it may bubble-up.

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tony b.

Thanks for the insight guys. This board never fails to impress.

YoTonyB, thanks for the update I was not sure how far we had fallen after our loss this weekend. Which is sad because I am a student at UK.