Originally posted by juventus:
Frank Pentangeli was the succesor of Peter Clemenza. And Peter Clemenza (after the shooting of the heads of the other 4 families) had his own family. And Micheal said to Frank Pentangeli: "Your family still has the name Corleone. So run it like a Corleone". That means Frank Pentangeli had a family so he couldn't be a caporegime.
No. Clemenza still served Mike. Pete was just in charge of the illegal operations of the Corleone Family, while most of the Family was legit in Nevada. And when he said "your Family is still Corleone" he meant that Franky was still one of his henchmen. After Clemenza died, Franky took charge of his regime. Frank Pantangeli is a Caporegime. Even the Crime Family chart said so.
