Supposedly one of the Profaci members in on the Larry Gallo attempted murder was Carmine (the Snake) Persico. You can search Gooogle to see the garrote line on Larry's throat. It was Page One in the Daily News at the time.
The "Michael Corleone says hello" line "adding a little confusion to the storyline") LOL! For a long time, that was the source of the number one question on this board: Did Roth plan Pentangeli's rescue?
I watched II this weekend and, as often is the case, noticed something. In the scene in the boathouse after they learn that Pentangeli is alive, Tom says "...he was half dead, scared stiff, and calling out loud that you'd turned on him."
Could the garroting scene have played out just as FFC intended? In other words, Aiello's "regards" statement was not ad libbed; it was in the script. If so, the reasoning would be that Roth wanted Frankie to turn on Michael. However, to accomplish that, Frankie would have to be left alive. How did FFC rationalize to the audience Frankie being left alive when it was quite clear that Aiello's character could have finished murdering Frankie? Well, FFC decided that he'd copy the Gallo attempted strangulation murder and have a policeman show up to save Frankie's. Thus, Frankie is left alive and thinks Michael turned on him.
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