James Caan was a spry 27 when he landed the role of knife-throwing gambler Mississippi in Howard Hawks' first remake of Rio Bravo, titled El Dorado. Starring alongside John Wayne, who had several ...

James Caan was 27 when cast as knife-throwing gambler Mississippi in Howard Hawks’ first remake of Rio Bravo, El Dorado. Co-starring opposite John Wayne and Robert Mitchum in the 1966 Western ...