Gunga Din (1939)

6.5/10 • 117 min • Adventure War Action History

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.

Cast

Cary Grant

Archibald Cutter

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

Abner Biberman

Chota

Lumsden Hare

Major Mitchell

Olin Francis

Fulad (uncredited)

Ann Evers

Girl at Party (uncredited)

Fay McKenzie

Girl at Party (uncredited)

Lal Chand Mehra

Jadoo (uncredited)

Roland Varno

Lt. Markham (uncredited)

Cecil Kellaway

Mr. Stebbins (uncredited)

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