Gunga Din
Barbaric Splendor - Gasping Magnitude - Adventure !
1939 | 117m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | George Stevens |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Ben Hecht, Fred Guiol, Charles MacArthur, Joel Sayre |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 26, 1939 |
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| Director: | George Stevens |
| Writer: | Ben Hecht, Fred Guiol, Charles MacArthur, Joel Sayre |
| Genres: | Comedy, Adventure, Action, War |
| Keywords | british empire, army, uprising, soldier, thuggee uprising, 19th century |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $2,807,000
Budget: $1,915,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Cary Grant | Archibald Cutter |
| Victor McLaglen | MacChesney |
| Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | Thomas Anthony Ballantine |
| Sam Jaffe | Gunga Din |
| Eduardo Ciannelli | Guru |
| Joan Fontaine | Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins |
| Montagu Love | Colonel Weed |
| Robert Coote | Bertie Higginbotham |
| Abner Biberman | Chota |
| Lumsden Hare | Major Mitchell |
| Leslie Sketchley | Corporal (uncredited) |
| Olin Francis | Fulad (uncredited) |
| Ann Evers | Girl at Party (uncredited) |
| Audrey Manners | Girl at Party (uncredited) |
| Fay McKenzie | Girl at Party (uncredited) |
| Lal Chand Mehra | Jadoo (uncredited) |
| Clive Morgan | Lancer Captain (uncredited) |
| Roland Varno | Lt. Markham (uncredited) |
| Frank Leyva | Merchant (uncredited) |
| Cecil Kellaway | Mr. Stebbins (uncredited) |
| George Du Count | Pandu Lal (uncredited) |
| Reginald Sheffield | Rudyard Kipling - Journalist |
| Bryant Fryer | Scottish Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Charles Bennett | Telegraph Operator (uncredited) |
| Jamiel Hasson | Thug Chieftain (uncredited) |
| George Regas | Thug Chieftain (uncredited) |
| John Alban | (uncredited) |
| Joe De La Cruz | (uncredited) |
| Joe McGuinn | (uncredited) |
| Richard Farnsworth | (uncredited) |
| Sam Harris | (uncredited) |
| Thom Metzetti | (uncredited) |
| Art Mix | (uncredited) |
| Satini Pualoa | (uncredited) |
| Allen Schute | (uncredited) |
| Paul Singh | (uncredited) |
| Tom Tamarez | (uncredited) |
| Carlie Taylor | (uncredited) |
| Bruce Wyndham | (uncredited) |
| Stuart Hall | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| George Stevens | Director |
| Ben Hecht | Story |
| Rudyard Kipling | Poem |
| Pandro S. Berman | Production Manager |
| Fred Guiol | Screenplay |
| Van Nest Polglase | Art Direction |
| Vernon L. Walker | Special Effects |
| Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Mel Berns | Makeup Department Head |
| Charles MacArthur | Story |
| Henry Berman | Editor |
| Charles Burke | Camera Operator |
| Eddie Pyle | Camera Operator |
| Tom Clement | Grip |
| Walter Hermann | Makeup Artist |
| Pat Williams | Wardrobe Designer |
| Kenneth C. Wesson | Sound |
| Cecil Shephard | Sound |
| Fred Starns | Wardrobe Master |
| Clive Morgan | Technical Advisor |
| Joel Sayre | Screenplay |
| James G. Stewart | Sound Recordist |
| Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Robert Erskine | Technical Advisor |
| Edward Stevenson | Costume Designer |
| John E. Tribby | Sound Recordist |
| William Briers | Technical Advisor |
| Perry Ferguson | Assistant Art Director |
| Dewey Starkey | Assistant Director |
| John Lockert | Editor |
| Edward Killy | Assistant Director |
| Joseph H. August | Director of Photography |
| Armand Triller | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| George Stevens | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 12 |
| 2024 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 11 |
| 2024 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 6 |
| 2024 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 7 |
| 2025 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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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 particul ... ar 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!
Nov 04, 2024