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Gunga Din (1939)

"Barbaric Splendor - Gasping Magnitude - Adventure !"

6.5/10 1h 57m Jan 26, 1939
Adventure War Action Comedy

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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Movie Details

Original Title Gunga Din
Original Language EN
Budget $1,915,000
Revenue $2,807,000
Status Released
Popularity 0.7

Cast

Cary Grant
Cary Grant
Archibald Cutter
Popularity: 4.1
Victor McLaglen
Victor McLaglen
MacChesney
Popularity: 0.5
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Thomas Anthony Ballantine
Popularity: 0.3
Sam Jaffe
Sam Jaffe
Gunga Din
Popularity: 2.1
Eduardo Ciannelli
Eduardo Ciannelli
Guru
Popularity: 0.5
Joan Fontaine
Joan Fontaine
Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins
Popularity: 2.5
Montagu Love
Montagu Love
Colonel Weed
Popularity: 1.2
Robert Coote
Robert Coote
Bertie Higginbotham
Popularity: 0.4
Abner Biberman
Abner Biberman
Chota
Popularity: 0.5
Lumsden Hare
Lumsden Hare
Major Mitchell
Popularity: 0.4
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Leslie Sketchley
Corporal (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.1
Olin Francis
Olin Francis
Fulad (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.7

Key Crew

Director George Stevens
Editor Henry Berman, John Lockert
Producer George Stevens
Screenplay Joel Sayre, Fred Guiol

Production

RKO Radio Pictures
US

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Gunga Din (1939) Official Trailer - Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Movie HD
Gunga Din (1939) Official Trailer - Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Movie HD
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Keywords

army british empire uprising soldier thuggee uprising 19th century

Reviews from TMDB

tmcd77 7/10
Nov 3, 2024

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 particul ... Read more

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Details
Release Date January 26, 1939
Runtime 1h 57m
Budget $1,915,000
Revenue $2,807,000
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.7
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