i could have posted this topic in the film area in the hope of getting a quicker response (due to the apparent lack of visitors in this part) but figured that this isn't even mentioned in the film--as far as i know.

my question refers to Puzo's term of a pezzanovante , a .45 calibre. (mostly used by hagen to describe Woltz). what does this mean? what does pezzanovante translate into? and why is it referred to as a .45 calibre? sounds like a gun to me! lol

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