Johnny Fontane Favor Request

At his daughter Connie's wedding, Vito Corleone follows the Sicilian tradition of granting favours to visitors. One is his godson, the singer and actor Johnny Fontane, who cannot get a film role because studio head Jack Woltz bears him a grudge. Vito sends his consigliere Tom Hagen to Los Angeles, but Woltz refuses to budge until he wakes to find the severed head of his prized $600,000 racehorse, Khartoum, in his bed; he gives Fontane the part. The scene used a real horse's head obtained from a dog-food company.