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Gunga Din

Action adventure. Three British Army sergeants and their heroic water carrier Gunga Din battle with the followers of a savage cult in 19th-century India.

Action adventure film set in 19th-century India, at the height of the British Empire. Cutter, MacChesney and Ballantine are despatched to India to help deal with the Thuggees, a murderous band of religious fanatics. With them is Gunga Din, a water carrier. The trio and fellow soldiers are captured and ill-treated by the Thuggees. Only one man can save them...

1 hour, 53 minutes

Last on

Tue 27 Mar 201813:50

Music Played

  • Alfred Newman

    Gunga Din (Main Title)

Credits

RoleContributor
Sgt Archibald CutterCary Grant
Sgt MacChesneyVictor McLaglen
Sgt BallantineDouglas Fairbanks Jr
Gunga DinSam Jaffe
GuruEduardo Ciannelli
Emmy StebbinsJoan Fontaine
Colonel WeedMontagu Love
HigginbothamRobert Coote
ChotaAbner Biberman
Major MitchellLumsden Hare
DirectorGeorge Stevens
ProducerPandro S Berman
WriterFred Guiol
WriterJoel Sayre
WriterBen Hecht
WriterCharles MacArthur

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