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Gunga Din
“Barbaric Splendor - Gasping Magnitude - Adventure !”
6.5 / 10• 1939• 1h 57m•NR• English
AdventureWarActionHistory
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Cary Grant
Archibald Cutter
Lead
Victor McLaglen
MacChesney
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Thomas Anthony Ballantine
Sam Jaffe
Gunga Din
Eduardo Ciannelli
Guru
Joan Fontaine
Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins
Montagu Love
Colonel Weed
Robert Coote
Bertie Higginbotham
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. George Stevens's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Gunga Din is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
