Gunga Din (1939)

★ 6.5 1h 57m IMDb
Action Comedy Adventure War
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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 Grant
Cary Grant as Archibald Cutter Died 1986 · Horfield, Bristol, England, UK Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was a British-American actor, celebrated for his debonair charm, impeccable comic timing, and sophisticated screen presence...
Victor McLaglen
Victor McLaglen as MacChesney Died 1959 · Stepney, East London, England, UK Victor McLaglen was a British-American film actor. He was known as a character actor, particularly in Westerns, and made seven films with John Ford and John Wayne. McLaglen won the Academy Award for B...
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Thomas Anthony Ballantine Died 2000 · New York City, New York, USA Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer, and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best-known for starring in such films as The Prisoner o...
Sam Jaffe
Sam Jaffe as Gunga Din Died 1984 · New York City, New York, U.S. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Sam Jaffe (March 10, 1891 – March 24, 1984) was an American actor, teacher, musician and engineer. In 1951, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Su...
Eduardo Ciannelli
Eduardo Ciannelli as Guru Died 1969 · Lacco Ameno, Ischia, Italy Eduardo Ciannelli, sometimes credited as Edward Ciannelli, (30 August 1889 - 8 October 1969), was an Italian baritone and character actor with a long career in American films, mostly playing gangsters...
Joan Fontaine
Joan Fontaine as Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins Died 2013 · Tokyo, Japan Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was an English-American actress who is best known for her starring roles in Hollywood films...
Director George Stevens
Cast Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sam Jaffe, Eduardo Ciannelli, Joan Fontaine, Montagu Love, Robert Coote, Abner Biberman, Lumsden Hare

Audience Reviews

tmcd77 7/10 Nov 03, 2024
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!

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