Quick Facts
DirectorGeorge Stevens
Runtime1h 57m · NR
GenresAction · Adventure · Comedy · War
Release1939-01-26
Film
Gunga Din
1939· NR· 1h 57m· Action· Adventure· Comedy· War
“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.
1939-01-26
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Key Crew
DirectorGeorge Stevens
ScreenplayFred Guiol
ProducerGeorge Stevens
Director of PhotographyJoseph H. August
Original Music ComposerAlfred Newman
EditorHenry Berman
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 34 crew)
Details
Released1939-01-26
Runtime1h 57m · NR
StatusReleased
StudiosRKO Radio Pictures
Budget$2M
Box office$3M
LanguagesEnglish · Hindi
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating6.5/10 · 183 votes
Original languageen
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