Study James Coburn’s map-of-Mexico face in 1960’s The Magnificent Steve and you could be forgiven for thinking the lithe actor was in his mid-forties.
A mere 31 at the time John Sturges cast him as the knife-wielding Britt, Sir James’ chiseled features were in part a testament to his having grown up in the Dust Bowl Nebraska of the Depression-hit 1920s.
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