Only serious GODFATHER fans need look in this thread

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@Isabelle

I watched “You’ve Got Mail” with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks yesterday.
Meg’s character was telling Tom that her business was in trouble and asked for advice. He said the movie THE GODFATHER was the perfect advice because he had all the awnsers. He said The Godfather said “Take It To The Mattress”
(Which means to fight, fight fight) I do not recall this phrase being used in the movie The Godfather.

1. Did the Godfather really say that, or was it just for the movie’s effect?

2. If The Godfather did say it, could you tell me in what scene and context it was said?

Thanks

In the movie Caporegime Peter Clemenza tells Paulie Gato & Rocco Lampone something like “Sonny [Don Vito’s eldest son] is thinking aobut going to the matteresses already.” This is just after Vito has been shot. Clemenza is preparing for the great Five Families War of 1946 by setting up some secret hideouts for the Corleone soldiers.

So while Don Vito Corleone [Marlon Brando] did not utter those specific lines in the movie, the was used. The line originated from the book