Gunga Din

Movie

1939

1h 57m

English

Adventure, War, Action, Comedy

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Gunga Din

Movie

1939

1h 57m

English

Adventure, War, Action, Comedy

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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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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

Colonel Weed

Bertie Higginbotham

Chota

Major Mitchell

Corporal (uncredited)

Olin Francis

Fulad (uncredited)

Ann Evers

Girl at Party (uncredited)

Audrey Manners

Girl at Party (uncredited)

Fay McKenzie

Girl at Party (uncredited)

Lal Chand Mehra

Jadoo (uncredited)

Clive Morgan

Lancer Captain (uncredited)

Roland Varno

Lt. Markham (uncredited)

Frank Leyva

Merchant (uncredited)

Cecil Kellaway

Mr. Stebbins (uncredited)

George Du Count

Pandu Lal (uncredited)

Reginald Sheffield

Rudyard Kipling - Journalist

Bryant Fryer

Scottish Sergeant (uncredited)

Charles Bennett

Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

Jamiel Hasson

Thug Chieftain (uncredited)

Directed By: George Stevens

Written By: Ben Hecht (Story), Charles MacArthur (Story), + 2 more

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christopher_brink says...

12 years ago

While the racism is problematic, this really is a rollicking action/adventure bromance with undeniable chemistry among the three leads.

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itsmepreethi says...

2 years ago

This film is incredibly racist, from the colonizer's perspective, and it doesn't exactly respect women. Unsurprisingly, Rudyard Kipling - who wrote the poem that this film was based upon - was an imperialist. That being said and acknowledged, I am a Cary Grant fan and the humor & adventure really worked for me. I enjoyed this film while being hyperaware of its faults. Here's a reddit comment that I appreciated which shares further perspective on the film: https://tinyurl.com/45yp9etk

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soonertbone says...

one year ago

Had some really fun moments, especially the time spent with the three principals. Their easy camaraderie was fun to watch and the humor often held up to modern sensibilities. What doesn't hold up, of course, was the racism and colonialism and that all made this significantly less fun to watch.

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tmcd77

a month ago

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 particul More

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