Around this time, paramount, almost by accident, got the film wrights to a novel by a rudder named mario puzo. No one had high hopes for the movie since the mobster jean rasime played out. So they gave it to the new guy, ruddy, to produce, in hopes he could bring it in on time and under budget. Almost immediately, trouble began with the godfather project, trouble from joe columbo,. They were death threats, union problems. Shady guys followed ruddy around. The window of his car was smashed. And then the italian american civil rights league called up ruddy's boss, robert ev