Gunga Din (1939)
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 GrantArchibald Cutter
Victor McLaglenMacChesney
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Thomas Anthony Ballantine
Sam JaffeGunga Din
Eduardo CiannelliGuru
Joan FontaineEmmaline "Emmy" Stebbins
Montagu LoveColonel Weed
Robert CooteBertie Higginbotham
Abner BibermanChota
Lumsden HareMajor MitchellLeslie SketchleyCorporal (uncredited)
Olin FrancisFulad (uncredited)Keywords
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What is Gunga Din about?
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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Gunga Din has a runtime of 117 minutes.
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