Clemenza also does a bit of teaching in the scene in which Paulie Gatto John Martino gets whacked. Then Clemenza hops in the car with Paulie and Rocco, the trigger-man later in the scene. Clemenza instructs him on how to leave the scene. Coppola gave credit to Castellano for coming up with the line.
It served as a bookend to a line in the beginning of the sequence. Prior to getting into the car outside of his house, Mrs. IN the book some of these issues get explained. On sitting back down, it was a bit absent minded of him. But he also believed that Sollozzo had a guy there and if he pulled the gun right out he would have been shot immediately. He figured that if he sat down it would seem more natural.
And he was right. In the book one of the other diners was a Sollozzo henchman and he got caught unawares. He basically puts his hands on the table to show he will take no action. IN the book he only shots Sollozzo once because he realized the first shot killed him. IIRC, Mike's thought was he could see the life leave Sollozzo's eyes like he was blowing out a candle. QUOTE: 1 He was told to come out of the restroom and immediately shoot both McCluskey and Sollozzo in the head, two shots apiece.
Although he was advised to shoot when he came out. Michael realized that there were other Sollozzo men in the restaurant and that Sollozzo himself was alert of him. I can't tell if you're joking or not, but As to why Clemenza hid it in the old fashioned toilet box, that was to make it easy for Michael to locate, but difficult for anyone else to see or find accidentally.
Actually, that is not what "cold as they come" meant in that scene at all. In fact, a "cold gun" meant that it would be impossible to trace the gun based on the identification numbers that were kept on guns, as they are even today.
In short, a "cold gun" was one that so far removed from use in this case "hot" or "heat" can be used as an idiom for how much use it had in fighting. Both serial numbers on weapons, as well as forensic testing on bullets, were things to be studied by police before even World War 2 - so having a weapon that had been used in multiple crimes something that the police would search for, especially after Michael killed a Police Captain would be especially damning for Michael to have, as it would make the gun easier to "trace".
As for the temperature being a factor - that is not a an issue in this case. A radiator is used to move warm water through a building for heat - putting even a "cold gun" near a radiator would actually heat the metal of the gun, no matter how "cold" it was via temperature. The pipes behind the toilet were not radiator pipes for warmth; they were the standard pipes used to collect water above the toilet and lower it down into the bowl below - as in an old fashioned toiler sometimes called a "water closet" - and were a good place to hide the gun as no random customer in the restaurant would have any reason to reach behind the water tank to a toilet and feel around by coincidence - so it would be very unlikely that anyone would discover the gun by accident.
So to clarify - in this case "cold" meant the relative distance the weapon had from use in various crimes that could link the weapon to other killings; and since "use in crimes" is often referred to as "heat" then a "cold gun" is so far removed from other crimes that it should not be connected to anything else.
They speak in the rhythm of a couple married for many years. Paulie is no actor, while Clemenza has a cold and routine manner. Notably, this unflinching drive to protect the family is exactly what led us to this scene in the first place. Paulie has seemingly betrayed Vito—and thus the family—by selling him out.
In The Godfather, this kind of betrayal is the worst of all sins. In the middle of deliberations about the fate of the family, Paulie enters the room with a message, handkerchief in hand, coughing a very pitifully fake sounding cough. As soon as Paulie leaves the room, Sonny sternly orders the hit, telling Clemenza to make it the first thing on his list.
Not only is betrayal the worst of all sins, necessitating an immediate death sentence, but there can be no time wasted. Clemenza is just the man to enact the necessary care and protection of the family. Before Clemenza, Rocco, and Paulie have even left his driveway, Clemenza starts planning. The family business must move much quicker than before to deal with the myriad problems arising from the shooting of the Don.
Clemenza begins discussing arrangements for safehouses to protect the family. This begins to settle Paulie down a bit. On the level of the plot, it makes Paulie feel comfortable and gives him the sense that business is running as usual, which will keep the hit running smoothly, with no struggle or risk of the attempt being thwarted.
While Clemenza lays out safehouse instructions throughout the drive, he might as well be giving this information to Rocco. The family business cannot stop or even slow down. As they drive along, they trade jokes.
While these jokes work to lighten the tone with Paulie, they have a deeper subtext too. Get this guy.
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