Gunga Din (1939)

  • NR
  • 01/24/1939 (US)
  • Adventure, War, Action, Comedy
  • 1h 57m

Barbaric Splendor - Gasping Magnitude - Adventure !

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.

George Stevens

Director

Ben Hecht

Story

Charles MacArthur

Story

Fred Guiol

Screenplay

Joel Sayre

Screenplay

Cast

Cary Grant's headshot

Cary Grant

Archibald Cutter
Victor McLaglen's headshot

Victor McLaglen

MacChesney
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.'s headshot

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Thomas Anthony Ballantine
Sam Jaffe's headshot

Sam Jaffe

Gunga Din
Eduardo Ciannelli's headshot

Eduardo Ciannelli

Guru
Joan Fontaine's headshot

Joan Fontaine

Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins
Montagu Love's headshot

Montagu Love

Colonel Weed
Robert Coote's headshot

Robert Coote

Bertie Higginbotham

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