Gunga Din
1939 · Movie · NR · 117 min · ★ 6.5 · 87% critics
In 1880s India, a trio of British army sergeants and their loyal water-bearer take on a risky telegraph-repair mission that uncovers signs of a dangerous secret cult. When talk of a hidden golden temple draws them deeper in, one of the soldiers is captured, and the others race to mount a rescue.
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Details
- Years
- 1939
- Release date
- 1939-01-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (183 votes)
- Box office
- $2,807,000
- Budget
- $1,915,000
About
If you enjoy old-school action-adventure with humor, daring rescues, and a larger-than-life secret-cult storyline, this should click; Not for you if you want grounded realism or modern pacing like The Guns of Navarone.
Pros: lively adventure energy; strong comedic moments; memorable cult threat | Cons: dated colonial attitudes; uneven tone shifts; some predictable beats
Themes
- army
- british empire
- uprising
- soldier
- thuggee uprising
- 19th century
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography, Black-and-White · 1940 · nominated
Cast & crew
Cary Grant
as Archibald Cutter
Victor McLaglen
as MacChesney
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
as Thomas Anthony Ballantine
Sam Jaffe
as Gunga Din
Eduardo Ciannelli
as Guru
Joan Fontaine
as Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins
Montagu Love
as Colonel Weed
Robert Coote
as Bertie Higginbotham
Abner Biberman
as Chota
Lumsden Hare
as Major Mitchell
Directed by George Stevens