THE GODFATHER - 1972 Clip (The Final Scene)

This is the final scene from director Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 epic masterpiece "The Godfather", based off Mario Puzo's 1969 best selling novel. Shortly after ordering the deaths of all of the family's enemies, the newly appointed Don of the Corleone crime family, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) is prepping for the family's move from New York City to Lake Tahoe, Nevada. His concentration is broken by the hysterical arrival of his newly widowed sister Connie (Talia Shire), who blames him for the death of her husband Carlo Rizzi (Gianni Russo), who was among the people that Michael ordered hits on. (Carlo had betrayed the Corleones to the other NYC crime families by helping set up the hit that killed Michael and Connie's oldest brother Santino). Michael's wife Kay (Diane Keaton) tries to calm down Connie, but Connie informs her that Michael ordered the hit that killed not only Carlo , but the family's enemies in one fell swoop. Connie is then led out of Michael's office by his two caporegimes Rocco Lampone and Al Neri, leaving him alone with Kay. Kay presses Michael to confirm the truth, but he roughly orders her to stop. After collecting himself, he allows Kay to ask him one time and one time only about his mob business. She asks him again if he had anything to do with Carlo's murder, and he replies that he had nothing to do with. Sighiung with relief, she goes to fix herself and Michael a couple of drinks. While at the bar, she glances back into Michael's office to see that both Lampone and Neri have returned. Peter Clemenza, the former caporegime of Michael's father Vito, addressed Michael as Don Corleone, and kisses his hand as a sign of respect. Neri then closes Michael's office door, with Kay staring directly at him. From the expression on Kay's face, a few things become crystal clear. She realizes in that brief moment that Connie was indeed telling the truth about Michael, that he lied to her face, and that he has now become a more ruthless, vicious Don than his father ever was.