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Upon Hagen's return, drug lord Virgil Sollozzo (Al Lettieri) asks Don Corleone to protect the rival Tattaglia family's heroin business. Disapproving of drug trafficking and fearing the loss of his political influence, he rejects the proposal and sends his henchman, Luca Brasi (Lenny Montana), to spy on Sollozzo and the Tattaglias, but they kill Brasi. Sollozzo's men then try to assassinate Corleone, but he survives with bullet wounds. Sollozzo then kidnaps Hagen and persuades him to offer Corleone's eldest son, Sonny (James Caan), the deal previously offered to the Don. As a warning, the Tattaglias send the Corleones fish wrapped in Luca Brasi's bulletproof vest to confirm that he sleeps with the fishes. Vito's youngest son, Michael (Al Pacino), thwarts a second assassination attempt at the hospital where his father is recuperating, but in the process he is accosted by corrupt police Captain McCluskey (Sterling Hayden), who breaks his jaw. Sonny retaliates by having Tattaglia's son, Bruno, killed.

Michael volunteers to kill Sollozzo and McCluskey, and Sonny reluctantly approves. While meeting with them at a local restaurant in a supposed attempt to settle the dispute, Michael goes to the bathroom where a gun has been planted for him, returns to the table and kills Sollozzo and McCluskey. He leaves the country and takes refuge in Sicily, where he soon marries a young local woman named Apollonia (Simonetta Stefanelli). The third Corleone brother, Fredo (John Cazale), is sent to Las Vegas, where he is sheltered by Corleone associate Moe Greene (Alex Rocco). Open warfare soon erupts between the Corleones and the other members of the Five Families, while the authorities begin to clamp down on organized crime. Vito is particularly distressed when he learns of Michael's involvement, as he had always hoped for a better future for Michael; his one son that was never involved in the business.

At one point Sonny impulsively leaves the guarded family compound to confront Connie's husband Carlo Rizzi (Gianni Russo), who has been abusing her. Sonny beats up Carlo on the street and threatens to kill him if he ever hits Connie again. When Carlo again beats Connie, an enraged Sonny speeds for her home. En route, he is ambushed and gunned down by thugs at a toll booth. Meanwhile, Michael narrowly escapes death in Sicily when his wife is killed by a car bomb intended for him. To end the gang war, Vito meets with the Five Family heads and settles their dispute, withdrawing his opposition to the Tattaglias' heroin business and swearing to forego revenge for Sonny's death. He deduces from the negotiations that the Tattaglias were acting on behalf of the more powerful Don Emilio Barzini (Richard Conte). With his safety now guaranteed, Michael returns home. More than a year later, he marries his longtime girlfriend, Kay Adams (Diane Keaton). As his father withdraws from active control of the Corleone family, and as Fredo is seen as incapable of shouldering the Don's responsibilities, Michael becomes head of the family business, which he promises Kay to make legitimate within five years.

Biding his time, Michael allows rival families to pressure Corleone enterprises and eat away at their revenues, disturbing the caporegimes. He directs them not to retaliate, disclosing plans to move family operations to Nevada while spinning off New York operations to family members who stay behind. Michael also replaces Hagen with his father as his consigliere; Vito explains to an upset Hagen that he and Michael have longer-range plans for him and the family. Later, Michael travels to Las Vegas, intending to buy out Greene's stake in the family's casinos. Greene angrily rejects the proposal, deriding the Corleones as a fading power. Michael is particularly angered when Fredo, under the sway of Greene and his associates, warns his brother that Greene is too important to be cast aside.

Vito Corleone collapses and dies in his vegetable garden while playing with his young grandson Anthony. At the funeral, caporegime Salvatore Tessio (Abe Vigoda) arranges a meeting between Michael and Don Barzini, now seen as the dominant figure in the New York families. As Vito had warned Michael, Tessio's involvement signals his treachery; the planned meeting is intended to result in Michael's assassination. The meeting is set for the same day as the christening of Connie and Carlo's son, to whom Michael will stand as godfather. As the christening proceeds, Corleone assassins murder the other New York dons and Moe Greene in Las Vegas. After the christening, Tessio learns that Michael is aware of his betrayal, and is taken off to his death. Michael confronts Carlo over his presumed involvement in setting up Sonny's murder, banishes him from the family and hands him a plane ticket to Las Vegas. After Carlo confesses he betrayed Sonny to Barzini, he is escorted to a waiting car, where he is garroted from behind by caporegime Peter Clemenza (Richard S. Castellano).