Gunga Din

1939

AdventureWarActionComedy

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.

"Barbaric Splendor - Gasping Magnitude - Adventure !"

Rating

6.547
160 votes

Popularity

1.8561

Origin & Countries

US | en | United States of America

Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Runtime

117 min.

Budget (M$)

2.8 / 1.9ROI 147%

Status

Released

Release: 1/26/1939

Credits

Gunga Din

George StevensDirector

Gunga Din

Cary GrantArchibald Cutter

Gunga Din

Victor McLaglenMacChesney

Gunga Din

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Thomas Anthony Ballantine

Gunga Din

Sam JaffeGunga Din

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Reviews

tmcd77

11/3/2024

7 / 10

Take Indiana Jones, mix in a little Zulu, and add a splash of The Man Who Would be King. Replace Michael Cain and Harrison Ford with Cary Grant, and what do you get? Answer - A film that stands the test of time. Grants comedic performance is totally on point, the punch bowl scene in particular having me in stitches. Based of various poems by Radyard Kiplin, this movie tells the story of three British army officers against a cult of indian strangler assassins. The eponymous Gunga Din being their water carrier (spoiler alert) who saves the day. Certainly Lucas and Spielberg deserve some plagerism claims. Temple of Doom being very near the knuckle on a few scenes!

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