Gunga Din (1939)
“Barbaric Splendor - Gasping Magnitude - Adventure !”
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.
Gunga Din is a 1939 movie. Genres: Action, Adventure, War. Directed by George Stevens. Main cast: Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sam Jaffe, Eduardo Ciannelli. Runtime: 117 minutes. Its average rating is 6.5 out of 10, from 172 votes.
Release dateJanuary 26, 1939
Runtime1 h 57 min
Budget$1,915,000
Box office$2,807,000
DirectorGeorge Stevens
ScreenplayBen Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Joel Sayre
Original languageEN
IMDbtt0031398
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19th centuryArmyBritish empireSoldierThuggee uprisingUprising
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