Where Will the Dead Fish Be Sent?

A Tudor style home at 110, Longfellow Avenue, in Staten Island is on sale. It is not an ordinary address.

A Tudor style home at 110, Longfellow Avenue, in Staten Island is on sale. It is not an ordinary address. It is the house used as the residence of Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather. Many of the famous scenes from the film were shot here.

Edward Norton II, the owner of the eight-bedroom house, died this June at age 93. His son, Edward Norton III, has decided to put the place up for sale for $2.9 million.

Godfather cast member Gianni Russo, who plays Carlo Rizzi, Corleone’s back-stabbing son-in-law, grew up around the area and recommended the house to the Godfather producers. When the Paramount team went over to the Nortons and explained the reason for their visit, Edward Norton II was not impressed and shut the door. But his wife, Mary, was keen and called the Paramount peo­ple back. There are many who can afford to pay for the house. Just don’t say, “We’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse.” The Nortons are tired of hearing it. But once the house is sold, where will Sollozzo send the dead fish to convey “Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes”?

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