Originally posted by Bella Mafia UK:
Ok, but if Carmine Rosato hadn't said "Michael Corleone says Hello", it would have been confusing to the audience as to why Frankie gives evidence against Michael.
Good point, Bella! Perhaps that's why, when Danny Aiello ad-libbed the line, FFC decided to leave it in the final cut.
BUT: Even if he hadn't said it, it would be credible for Frankie to think Michael might have set him up. Michael, after all, sent Frankie on that dangerous mission. Frankie wouldn't have believed that the Rosatos acted on their own to try to kill him, without Michael's ok.
