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.
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Cast
40 people
Cary Grant
Archibald Cutter
Known for
North by Northwest
Notorious
Victor McLaglen
MacChesney
Known for
The Quiet Man
The Informer
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Thomas Anthony Ballantine
Known for
Little Caesar
Ghost Story
Sam Jaffe
Gunga Din
Known for
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Ben-Hur
Eduardo Ciannelli
Guru
Known for
Boot Hill
Foreign Correspondent
Joan Fontaine
Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins
Known for
Rebecca
Suspicion
Montagu Love
Colonel Weed
Known for
The Wind
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Robert Coote
Bertie Higginbotham
Known for
A Matter of Life and Death
Othello
Abner Biberman
Chota
Known for
His Girl Friday
Winchester '73
Lumsden Hare
Major Mitchell
Known for
Rebecca
Svengali
Leslie Sketchley
Corporal (uncredited)
Known for
Houdini
Olin Francis
Fulad (uncredited)
Known for
The Kid Brother
George Stevens Director · Fred Guiol Screenplay Joel Sayre Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2.8M · Budget $1.9M · United States release January 26, 1939
Box office
Budget
$1,915,000
Worldwide gross
$2,807,000
Gross vs. budget
1.5×
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Hindi
Release dates
United States · January 24, 1939
Premiere · Los Angeles, California
United States · January 26, 1939
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
February 17, 1939 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1940 · Theatrical
Germany
August 13, 1951 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 26, 1939 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 28, 1939 · Theatrical
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