Movie
Gunga Din
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.
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Gunga Din opened in theaters February 17, 1939. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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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Cast
Cary GrantArchibald Cutter
Victor McLaglenMacChesney
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Thomas Anthony Ballantine
Sam JaffeGunga Din
Eduardo CiannelliGuru
Joan FontaineEmmaline "Emmy" Stebbins
Montagu LoveColonel Weed
Robert CooteBertie HigginbothamCredits
- Directed by
- George Stevens
- Written by
- Fred Guiol, Joel Sayre, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.9M
- Box office
- $2.8M
Production
RKO Radio PicturesUnited States