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1939·Adventure·1h 57m
7.0
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.
Directed by George Stevens
army
british empire
uprising
soldier
thuggee uprising
19th century

Cast

Cary Grant
Cary Grant
Archibald Cutter
Victor McLaglen
Victor McLaglen
MacChesney
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Thomas Anthony Ballantine
Sam Jaffe
Sam Jaffe
Gunga Din
Eduardo Ciannelli
Eduardo Ciannelli
Guru
Joan Fontaine
Joan Fontaine
Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins
Montagu Love
Montagu Love
Colonel Weed
Robert Coote
Robert Coote
Bertie Higginbotham
Abner Biberman
Abner Biberman
Chota
Lumsden Hare
Lumsden Hare
Major Mitchell
Olin Francis
Olin Francis
Fulad (uncredited)
Ann Evers
Ann Evers
Girl at Party (uncredited)

Crew

George Stevens
George Stevens
Director
Fred Guiol
Fred Guiol
Screenplay
Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
George Stevens
George Stevens
Producer
Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht
Story
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Poem
Pandro S. Berman
Pandro S. Berman
Production Manager
Van Nest Polglase
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Vernon L. Walker
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects

Popular Reviews

18 reviews
sar
sar
Gunga Din
Gunga Din (1939) but ‘SexyBack’ plays everytime cary grant is on screen
Gunga Din (1939) but ‘SexyBack’ plays everytime cary grant is on screen
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PoochieVince
PoochieVince
Gunga Din
A rousing slice of old-school adventure, Gunga Din barrels along with the energy of a Saturday matinee serial but with Cary Grant cracking wise the whole way through. The trio of soldier buddies has great chemistry, and the action set pieces still have punch.

Yes, it’s very much a product of its time—colonial attitudes and all—but as a piece of 1930s Hollywood spectacle, it’s hard not to get swept up in the dusty, swashbuckling fun. Feels like the blueprint for half the adventure movies that came after.
A rousing slice of old-school adventure, Gunga Din barrels along with the energy of a Saturday matinee serial but with Cary Grant cracking wise the whole way through. The trio of soldier buddies has great chemistry, and the action set pieces still have punch.

Yes, it’s very much a product of its time—colonial attitudes and all—but as a piece of 1930s Hollywood spectacle, it’s hard not to get swept up in the dusty, swashbuckling fun. Feels like the blueprint for half the adventure movies that came after.
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Maranda
Maranda
Gunga Din
I can appreciate this as a spiritual precursor to some of the more fun adventure movies of my youth but boy I had a hard time with a lot of it. Big bootlicker energy
I can appreciate this as a spiritual precursor to some of the more fun adventure movies of my youth but boy I had a hard time with a lot of it. Big bootlicker energy
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Eclectic Sorcerer
Eclectic Sorcerer
Gunga Din
Racist and boring. Just unpleasant. I see its place in culture, but I don't like it.
Racist and boring. Just unpleasant. I see its place in culture, but I don't like it.
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Eclectic Sorcerer
Eclectic Sorcerer
Gunga Din
Racist and boring. Just unpleasant. I see its place in culture, but I don't like it.
Racist and boring. Just unpleasant. I see its place in culture, but I don't like it.
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