Joe Lucadello

Joseph Lucadello
First appearance	The Godfather Returns
Last appearance	The Godfather's Revenge
Created by	Mario Puzo
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Aliases	Ike Rosen
Gender	Male
Occupation	Gangster, CIA agent

Joseph P. Lucadello (also known as Ike Rosen) is a fictional character in Mark Winegardner's novels The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge. Both novels are based on the original novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo.

The Godfather Returns introduces Lucadello as an informant to the Corleone family and a CIA agent who originally enlists in the Royal Canadian Air Force under Billy Bishop in 1941. Before this, he served in the Civilian Conservation Corps with Michael Corleone. Fearing Benito Mussolini's rise to power, the two falsify pilot's licenses to join Bishop, but Michael's father Vito Corleone tips Bishop off, and Michael admits the truth to avoid damaging Lucadello's chances. During World War II, Lucadello loses an eye, afterward wearing an eye patch and, later, a glass prosthetic. After the war, he leaves the Air Force and becomes a CIA agent. He eventually becomes the main assistant of the CIA director, Albert Soffet.

Around this time, he begins informing the Corleone family of the CIA's plans to confront organized crime. Lucadello meets with Michael Corleone several times, although these meetings are not specifically for business. The novel characterizes Lucadello as the closest thing Michael has to a friend; nevertheless, Michael does not fully trust him.

In The Godfather Returns, Lucadello is assigned to oversee a failed plot to assassinate Fidel Castro in 1959. In 1962, after a Castro body double is killed, he is assigned to eliminate the assassin, Carmine Marino.

In The Godfather Returns, Lucadello informs main antagonist Nick Geraci, a former Corleone family caporegime who seeks to dethrone Michael as head of the family, that Michael is planning to assassinate him. Michael never discovers who betrayed him, and despite the fierce attempt to locate Geraci, he never finds him. At the end of the novel, Lucadello is found dead with an icepick penetrating his only eye.

The Godfather

Novels	The Godfather The Sicilian The Godfather Returns The Godfather's Revenge The Family Corleone

Films	The Godfather The Godfather Part II The Godfather Part III

Video games	The Godfather (1991) The Godfather (2006) The Godfather II (2009)

Corleone family	Vito Corleone Michael Corleone Tom Hagen Sonny Corleone Fredo Corleone Carmela Corleone Kay Adams-Corleone Anthony Corleone Mary Corleone Vincent Corleone Sandra Corleone

Family allies	Genco Abbandando Luca Brasi Willi Cicci Peter Clemenza Johnny Fontane Paulie Gatto Carmine Marino Rocco Lampone Tony Molinari Sal Narducci Al Neri Tommy Neri Ritchie Nobilio Frank Pentangeli Salvatore Tessio Don Tommasino Carlo Tramonti

Family enemies	Don Altobello Momo Barone Emilio Barzini Don Fanucci Vincent Forlenza Nick Geraci Archbishop Gilday Moe Greene Joe Lucadello Johnny Ola Carlo Rizzi Carmine Rosato Hyman Roth Louie Russo Virgil Sollozzo Anthony Stracci Bruno Tattaglia Philip Tattaglia Jack Woltz Joey Zasa

Others	Amerigo Bonasera Pat Geary Cardinal Lamberto Lucy Mancini Danny Shea Mickey Shea Billy Van Arsdale Aldo Trapani Albert Volpe

Rival families	Barzini family Carmine Rosato family Cuneo family Stracci family Tattaglia family

Music	The Godfather (soundtrack) The Godfather Part II (soundtrack) The Godfather Part III (soundtrack) "Speak Softly Love" "Promise Me You'll Remember"

Miscellaneous	Mario Puzo Mark Winegardner Ed Falco American Mafia Sicilian Mafia Five Families Corleone The Godfather Effect The Godfather Papers and Other Confessions The Sicilian The Freshman The Godfather Saga The Last Don Omertà

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