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Pat Geary
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Pat Geary
First appearance The Godfather Part II
Last appearance The Godfather Part II
Created by Mario Puzo
Portrayed by G. D. Spradlin
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Gender Male
Occupation U.S. Senator
Spouse(s) Wife (name unknown)
Pat Geary is a fictional character portrayed by G. D. Spradlin in the film The Godfather Part II. He is a U.S. senator from Nevada whose corruption and moral vices are exploited by Michael Corleone.
At the beginning of the film, set in 1958, Geary and his wife attend the First Communion celebration for the son of Michael Corleone, the head of the Corleone crime family. Geary publicly accepts a contribution in the name of Anthony Corleone (Michael's son) ostensibly as a donation for the local public university. While speaking before the large gathering, Geary mispronounces the boy's middle and last names and initially misnames Michael Corleone's wife Kay as Pat.
After the public ceremony, Geary meets with Michael in his office. The Corleone family had obtained control of several casinos in Nevada. Geary offers to help Michael obtain a disputed gaming license in exchange for an exorbitant bribe ($250,000 up front, and 5% of the gross monthly revenues from all four Corleone casinos). Geary qualifies his seemingly outrageous sum by launching into a vitriolic and bigoted attack on Michael, the Corleone family, and Italian Americans in general, calling them "oily-haired" and "dirty." He says that he despises Michael and all he stands for and that he "intend[s] to squeeze" the Corleone family for all he can get. He also demonstrates that he is capable of pronouncing the "Corleone" name reasonably well in the Italian accent—in contrast with his previous public performance—though he pronounces it this way with obvious condescension in his voice. He gives Michael a day to respond to his offer.
As Geary heads for the door, Michael responds by telling Geary that he should get them the license for free, with no bribe and for Geary to pay the $20,000 licensing fee out of his own pocket. Geary then insults Michael again, laughs and leaves the room.
Some time later, Geary spends the night with a prostitute in a brothel run by Fredo in the Nevada desert. Having suffered from an alcoholic blackout, he awakens in a bed covered in blood next to the woman, who is dead. The dead prostitute's wrists are handcuffed; her legs spread wide. Geary has no memory of what happened, and is frantic with horror and worry. Tom Hagen arrives on the scene and tells Geary that since the woman has no family, the matter can be safely covered up. Hagen promises Geary, "All that will be left is our friendship." It is implied that the Corleones have engineered this situation, perhaps through drugging the senator. Michael's capo Al Neri is seen in the bathroom wiping his hands with a towel, indicating that it was he who murdered the prostitute.
Subsequently, it appears that the Corleones' "help" with the incident (in other words, blackmail) sways Geary to the Corleone family's side. When Michael goes to Havana for a meeting with Hyman Roth and other crime bosses, he also takes the time to associate with several influential figures in government, law, and business. Geary is among this latter group; he greets Michael warmly during a New Year's Eve party held by the Cuban President, Fulgencio Batista, and later joins them in going to see a live sex show, asking for Fredo to arrange for him to meet one of the red-haired dancing girls. The dancer can later be seen at his side at Batista's New Year Party while Geary pontificates about the Eisenhower Administration's commitment to the regime. When chaos erupts on the streets as Fidel Castro comes to power, Geary can be heard loudly demanding entry into the US Embassy saying he is a U.S. Senator.
Later in the movie, when a U.S. Senate committee is investigating organized crime and subpoenas Michael and others to answer to charges of criminal activity, Geary serves on the committee. He asks Willie Cicci about the layers of management ("buffers") which protect Michael from direct criminal involvement and looks sad and pensive as others laugh at the answer. Later, on the day of Michael's testimony, Geary speaks in defense of Italian-Americans to the assembled television cameras, denouncing the stereotyping of them as criminals. However, he absents himself from the hearing before Michael testifies. It is revealed in The Godfather's Revenge that he still is under the control of the family well into the 1960s.
Senator Geary also makes an appearance in the video game The Godfather II. Dominic, the player character, meets with Geary to persuade him into visiting the brothel. Tom Hagen instructs Dominic to create a fake business deal to gain the Senator's trust. Dominic mentions that his "partners" have prostitution businesses across the country before suggesting Geary visit a local brothel that he controls. Dominic then joins Tom the next morning, speaking to Geary after his horrific discovery.
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