After Pelé, widely acknowledged as the greatest footballer of all time, passed away last week, the tributes poured in from people around the world. A.R. Rahman, for example, was among the first Indian celebrities to tweet, sharing one of his own compositions from Pelé: Birth of a Legend, a 2016 biopic on the great man, a film where Rahman had composed the music. And while the film did feature the obligatory cameo from Pelé himself, this was far from the footballer’s first or indeed, his most famous outing at the movies. That happened back in the 80s, with John Huston’s...