The late James Caan had three great roles in his career, the first of which eclipsed nearly everything else he did: Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972), a compulsive gambler in The Gambler (1974), and the consummate burglar in Michael Mann’s feature film debut, Thief (1981). It was Sonny that turned the Jewish Caan Italian, at least in the popular im…
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