- The scene shifts to Hollywood, where Tom Hagen has been dispatched to convince Jack Woltz, a producer, to hire Johnny Fontane for a role.
- Hagen makes Woltz an offer of help in exchange for the role, but Woltz takes it as a threat and flips out on Hagen, attacking his presumed Italian ethnicity (Hagen isn't Italian, though).
- Hagen arranges another meeting, telling Woltz to call his number.
- Later, outside Woltz's house, he shows Tom around and says he didn't know he worked for the extremely important Vito Corleone, which changes things.
- Woltz shows Tom his beautiful and expensive prize racing horse, Khartoum, before they head back into the house and eat dinner.
- Again, things go badly. Woltz says that he'll do any favor except give Fontane the part in the movie, even though it would be perfect for him. He's mad that Johnny stole a young starlet protégé from Woltz (whom Woltz was sleeping with).
- Woltz angrily tells Tom to leave, and he exits politely.
- The next morning, Woltz wakes up in a pool of blood. He's not injured, but Khartoum's severed head is in bed next to him. He screams in horror.