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Gunga Din

Gunga Din

Barbaric Splendor - Gasping Magnitude - Adventure !

19396.51h 57m

Overview

British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.

Directed by George Stevens
Written by Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Fred Guiol
Produced by George Stevens
Box OfficeBudget: $1.9MRevenue: $2.8M

Top Cast

Cary Grant

Cary Grant

Archibald Cutter

Victor McLaglen

Victor McLaglen

MacChesney

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Thomas Anthony Ballantine

Sam Jaffe

Sam Jaffe

Gunga Din

Eduardo Ciannelli

Eduardo Ciannelli

Guru

Joan Fontaine

Joan Fontaine

Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins

Montagu Love

Montagu Love

Colonel Weed

Robert Coote

Robert Coote

Bertie Higginbotham

Abner Biberman

Abner Biberman

Chota

Lumsden Hare

Lumsden Hare

Major Mitchell

Themes & Keywords

armybritish empireuprisingsoldierthuggee uprising19th century

About Gunga Din

Gunga Din is a adventure, war, action, comedy film released in 1939 exploring themes of army, british empire, uprising, soldier, thuggee uprising, 19th century. Directed by George Stevens, it stars Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.

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