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AdventureWarActionComedy

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.

Release Date : 1939-01-26

Language :EnglishHindi

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : RKO Radio Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Cary Grant

Character Name : Archibald Cutter

Original Name : Cary Grant

Gender : Male

Victor McLaglen

Character Name : MacChesney

Original Name : Victor McLaglen

Gender : Male

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Character Name : Thomas Anthony Ballantine

Original Name : Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Gender : Male

Sam Jaffe

Character Name : Gunga Din

Original Name : Sam Jaffe

Gender : Male

Eduardo Ciannelli

Character Name : Guru

Original Name : Eduardo Ciannelli

Gender : Male

Joan Fontaine

Character Name : Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins

Original Name : Joan Fontaine

Gender : Female

Montagu Love

Character Name : Colonel Weed

Original Name : Montagu Love

Gender : Male

Robert Coote

Character Name : Bertie Higginbotham

Original Name : Robert Coote

Gender : Male

Abner Biberman

Character Name : Chota

Original Name : Abner Biberman

Gender : Male

Lumsden Hare

Character Name : Major Mitchell

Original Name : Lumsden Hare

Gender : Male

Leslie Sketchley

Character Name : Corporal (uncredited)

Original Name : Leslie Sketchley

Gender : Male

Olin Francis

Character Name : Fulad (uncredited)

Original Name : Olin Francis

Gender : Male

Ann Evers

Character Name : Girl at Party (uncredited)

Original Name : Ann Evers

Gender : Female

Audrey Manners

Character Name : Girl at Party (uncredited)

Original Name : Audrey Manners

Gender : Male

Fay McKenzie

Character Name : Girl at Party (uncredited)

Original Name : Fay McKenzie

Gender : Female

Lal Chand Mehra

Character Name : Jadoo (uncredited)

Original Name : Lal Chand Mehra

Gender : Male

Clive Morgan

Character Name : Lancer Captain (uncredited)

Original Name : Clive Morgan

Gender : Male

Roland Varno

Character Name : Lt. Markham (uncredited)

Original Name : Roland Varno

Gender : Male

Frank Leyva

Character Name : Merchant (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Leyva

Gender : Male

Cecil Kellaway

Character Name : Mr. Stebbins (uncredited)

Original Name : Cecil Kellaway

Gender : Male

George Du Count

Character Name : Pandu Lal (uncredited)

Original Name : George Du Count

Gender : Male

Reginald Sheffield

Character Name : Rudyard Kipling - Journalist

Original Name : Reginald Sheffield

Gender : Male

Bryant Fryer

Character Name : Scottish Sergeant (uncredited)

Original Name : Bryant Fryer

Gender : Male

Charles Bennett

Character Name : Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Bennett

Gender : Male

Jamiel Hasson

Character Name : Thug Chieftain (uncredited)

Original Name : Jamiel Hasson

Gender : Male

George Regas

Character Name : Thug Chieftain (uncredited)

Original Name : George Regas

Gender : Male

John Alban

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : John Alban

Gender : Male

Joe De La Cruz

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Joe De La Cruz

Gender : Male

Joe McGuinn

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Joe McGuinn

Gender : Male

Richard Farnsworth

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Richard Farnsworth

Gender : Male

Sam Harris

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Sam Harris

Gender : Male

Thom Metzetti

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Thom Metzetti

Gender : Male

Art Mix

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Art Mix

Gender : Male

Satini Pualoa

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Satini Pualoa

Gender : Male

Allen Schute

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Allen Schute

Gender : Male

Paul Singh

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Singh

Gender : Male

Tom Tamarez

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Tom Tamarez

Gender : Male

Carlie Taylor

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Carlie Taylor

Gender : Male

Bruce Wyndham

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Bruce Wyndham

Gender : Male

Stuart Hall

Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Stuart Hall

Gender : Male

Reviews

T

tmcd77

@tmcd77

2024-11-04

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 particular having me in stitches. Based of various poems by Radyard Kiplin, this movie tells the story of three British army officers against a cult of indian strangler assassins. The eponymous Gunga Din being their water carrier (spoiler alert) who saves the day. Certainly Lucas and Spielberg deserve some plagerism claims. Temple of Doom being very near the knuckle on a few scenes!