TMDb Rating
6.5/10
176 verified votes
Gunga Din (1939)
AdventureWarActionComedy
117 min
"Barbaric Splendor - Gasping Magnitude - Adventure !"
Plot Summary
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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Keywords to include
AdventureWarActionComedyGeorge StevensCary GrantVictor McLaglen1939
Director
George Stevens
Top Cast
Cary GrantVictor McLaglenDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Sam JaffeEduardo Ciannelli
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