Luca Brasi

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Luca Brasi is a feared and fiercely loyal enforcer for the Corleone crime family in Mario Puzo’s novel and its film adaptation, The Godfather.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Luca Brasi canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf enforcer ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
hitman ⓘ
mobster ⓘ
affiliation Corleone crime family ⓘ
alignment Corleone family enforcer in the Mafia power struggle ⓘ
appearsIn The Godfather (1972 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Godfather

The Godfather (novel) ⓘ
associatedWith Michael Corleone ⓘ
Sollozzo–Tattaglia conflict ⓘ
Vito Corleone ⓘ
basedOn archetypal Mafia enforcer ⓘ
causeOfDeath murder ⓘ
characterTrait feared ⓘ
fiercely loyal ⓘ
intimidating ⓘ
violent ⓘ
creator Mario Puzo ⓘ
deathMethod stabbing ⓘ
strangulation ⓘ
employer Vito Corleone ⓘ
family Corleone crime family ⓘ
fictionalUniverse The Godfather ⓘ
firstAppearance The Godfather (1969 novel) ⓘ
firstFilmAppearance The Godfather (1972 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Godfather
franchise The Godfather franchise ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
killedBy Bruno Tattaglia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Virgil Sollozzo ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
loyalTo Vito Corleone ⓘ
loyaltyLevel absolute loyalty to the Corleone family ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
literature ⓘ
nationality Italian-American ⓘ
notableFor extreme brutality in service of the Corleone family ⓘ
notableQuote “Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.” ⓘ
notableScene nervously rehearses his speech before meeting Vito Corleone at Connie Corleone’s wedding ⓘ
occupation assassin ⓘ
bodyguard ⓘ
portrayedBy Lenny Montana ⓘ
reputation most feared enforcer of the Corleone family ⓘ
role enforcer for the Corleone family ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
worksFor Corleone crime family ⓘ
Vito Corleone ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Godfather → mainCharacter → Luca Brasi ⓘ