Gunga Din

Gunga Din

1939-01-26 • 1h 57m •
Adventure War Action Comedy
6.5
User Score
164 votes

"Barbaric Splendor - Gasping Magnitude - Adventure !"

Overview

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.

George Stevens

Director

Joel Sayre

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$1,915,000

Revenue

$2,807,000

Runtime

1h 57m

Release Date

1939-01-26

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Reviews

tmcd77

tmcd77

2024-11-03T05:26:21.390Z

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!