A betting person might give better odds to the American star in the ring, but when it came to on set behaviour, Michael Caine swiftly put his co-star in his place.

In fact, Sylvester Stallone found the whole Escape to Victory shoot eye-opening and physically brutal and later admitted he’d arrogantly had no idea what he was getting into.

His demand that his character score the winning goal despite being a goalkeeper certainly did not go down well and was immediately dismissed.

The actor had…