In a sideline to making movies, Michael Caine is a prominent restaurateur. But he might have been an expert vintner--for he knows how to wait for good things to ripen. His career, for instance. For nine years he played in British rep theater before getting a meaty film role, in Zulu, at 30; the credit read, "Introducing Michael Caine." He starred in 80 or so movies, good, bad and awful, then in his late 60s hit a gold streak of mature roles and quality films. One of these, The Quiet American, contains his boldest, subtlest work; but the events of Sept....
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