Gunga Din (1939)

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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.

• Released: 1939-01-26
• Genres: Adventure, War, Action, History
• Runtime: 1h 57m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.5/10 from 195 votes

Directed by George Stevens.

Top cast

• Cary Grant as Archibald Cutter
• Victor McLaglen as MacChesney
• Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Thomas Anthony Ballantine
• Sam Jaffe as Gunga Din
• Eduardo Ciannelli as Guru
• Joan Fontaine as Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins
• Montagu Love as Colonel Weed
• Robert Coote as Bertie Higginbotham
• Abner Biberman as Chota
• Lumsden Hare as Major Mitchell

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Gunga Din

• United States: stream on YouTube TV; watch free on Hoopla, Fawesome; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube
• Canada: buy on Apple TV Store, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube

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