1. Frederico "Fredo" Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather.
33 Facts About Fredo Corleone
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Fredo Corleone is the younger brother of Sonny and the elder brother to Michael and sister, Connie.
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The character of Fredo is more indecisive and lacks the determination of his brothers, and as a result has little power or status within the Corleone crime family.
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Fredo Corleone sits on the curb next to his severely wounded father, weeping.
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Fredo Corleone regularly seduces the casino's cocktail waitresses, to the point that customers cannot get their drink orders on time.
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When Fredo Corleone berates Michael for being hostile to Greene, Michael in turn threatens Fredo Corleone for taking sides against their family during a meeting with Greene, warning him never to do so again.
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Hagen offers the Fredo Corleone family's help in covering up the prostitute's murder in exchange for Geary's "friendship".
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Hagen tells Geary that Fredo Corleone operates the brothel, and "it will be as if she never existed".
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Fredo Corleone later betrays Michael after being approached by Johnny Ola, an associate of rival crime boss Hyman Roth.
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Fredo Corleone secretly agrees to aid them in exchange for compensation; shortly afterward, an attempt is made on Michael's life.
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The film never reveals what specific assistance Fredo Corleone provides Ola and Roth against Michael, how much he knew of their intentions, or what he was offered in return.
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Michael overhears the conversation and realizes that Fredo Corleone betrayed him to Roth.
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Amid the chaos of American-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista fleeing Fidel Castro's rebel army, Michael pleads with Fredo Corleone to leave the country with him.
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Michael's men eventually locate Fredo Corleone and convince him to return home.
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Fredo Corleone angrily tells Michael that he resents being passed over to succeed their father; he believes that, as the older brother, he should have taken over the family business after Vito's death.
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When pressed by Michael, Fredo Corleone reveals that the Senate commission's lawyer is on Roth's payroll.
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Fredo Corleone makes a final appearance in the movie's penultimate scene, a flashback to Vito's birthday party in December 1941.
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Fredo Corleone appears only once in the third film, in a flashback depicting his death through archival footage.
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Fredo Corleone is mentioned many times throughout the film; the dialogue makes it clear that Michael is tormented with guilt over ordering his brother's death, and that it has alienated him from his ex-wife, Kay, and his son, Anthony, both of whom know the truth about Fredo's death.
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Later in the film, he breaks down in tears while confessing having ordered Fredo's death to Cardinal Lamberto, who later becomes Pope John Paul I Michael's daughter, Mary, asks her cousin and love interest, Vincent Corleone, if Michael had Fredo killed, but Vincent says it is "just a story" and changes the subject.
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The novel reveals that Fredo Corleone is bisexual and has several secret trysts with men, and it implies that he was molested as a child by his parish priest.
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The novel reveals that, in San Francisco, Fredo Corleone beats one of his lovers to death after the man recognizes him from a newspaper photo.
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Hagen covers up the resulting scandal by claiming Fredo Corleone killed the man in self-defense.
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Fredo Corleone has liaisons with many women, having "knocked up half the cocktail waitresses in Las Vegas".
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Fredo Corleone meets showgirl Marguerite "Rita" Duvall, who Johnny Fontane sent to his room as a prank.
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At Colma during the funeral for Don Molinari of San Francisco, Fredo Corleone gets the idea of setting up a necropolis in New Jersey.
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Fredo Corleone proposes his plan to Michael, wanting to impress him and prove his worth to the family.
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Later, in September 1957, Fredo's Hollywood connections allow him to get his own unsuccessful TV show, The Fred Corleone Show, which airs irregularly, usually on Monday nights, until his death.
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Fredo Corleone discovers Deanna cheating on him with her co-star and shoots up the car he bought her.
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Geraci and Ola meet with Fredo Corleone, who is blind drunk after having a fight with his wife, and promise to make his necropolis idea a reality in return for information about Michael.
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Fredo Corleone's death plays out as it was filmed in The Godfather Part II.
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Fredo Corleone is helping Anthony onto a small boat to go fishing, and as they are about to shove off, Anthony is called back to the house by Connie to go to Reno with his father.
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In Winegardner's 2006 sequel novel, The Godfather's Revenge, Fredo Corleone appears in one of Michael's dreams.