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Gunga Din 1939 Directed by George Stevens

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Languages English , Hindi
Gneres Action , Adventure , Comedy , War
Production Company RKO Radio Pictures
Budget $1,915,000
Revenue $2,807,000
Release Date 26 January 1939
117 mins
Cast
Cary Grant
Cary Grant Archibald Cutter
Victor McLaglen
Victor McLaglen MacChesney
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Thomas Anthony Ballantine
Sam Jaffe
Sam Jaffe Gunga Din
Eduardo Ciannelli
Eduardo Ciannelli Guru
Joan Fontaine
Joan Fontaine Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins
Montagu Love
Montagu Love Colonel Weed
Robert Coote
Robert Coote Bertie Higginbotham
Abner Biberman
Abner Biberman Chota
Lumsden Hare
Lumsden Hare Major Mitchell
Leslie Sketchley
Leslie Sketchley Corporal (uncredited)
Olin Francis
Olin Francis Fulad (uncredited)
Ann Evers
Ann Evers Girl at Party (uncredited)
Audrey Manners
Audrey Manners Girl at Party (uncredited)
Fay McKenzie
Fay McKenzie Girl at Party (uncredited)
Lal Chand Mehra
Lal Chand Mehra Jadoo (uncredited)
Clive Morgan
Clive Morgan Lancer Captain (uncredited)
Roland Varno
Roland Varno Lt. Markham (uncredited)
Frank Leyva
Frank Leyva Merchant (uncredited)
Cecil Kellaway
Cecil Kellaway Mr. Stebbins (uncredited)
George Du Count
George Du Count Pandu Lal (uncredited)
Reginald Sheffield
Reginald Sheffield Rudyard Kipling - Journalist
Bryant Fryer
Bryant Fryer Scottish Sergeant (uncredited)
Charles Bennett
Charles Bennett Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Jamiel Hasson
Jamiel Hasson Thug Chieftain (uncredited)
George Regas
George Regas Thug Chieftain (uncredited)
John Alban
John Alban (uncredited)
Joe De La Cruz
Joe De La Cruz (uncredited)
Joe McGuinn
Joe McGuinn (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth
Richard Farnsworth (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Sam Harris (uncredited)
Thom Metzetti
Thom Metzetti (uncredited)
Art Mix
Art Mix (uncredited)
Satini Pualoa
Satini Pualoa (uncredited)
Allen Schute
Allen Schute (uncredited)
Paul Singh
Paul Singh (uncredited)
Tom Tamarez
Tom Tamarez (uncredited)
Carlie Taylor
Carlie Taylor (uncredited)
Bruce Wyndham
Bruce Wyndham (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Stuart Hall Party Guest (uncredited)
Crew
Director
George Stevens
George Stevens
Writers
Joel Sayre
Joel Sayre
Fred Guiol
Fred Guiol
Producer
George Stevens
George Stevens
Cinematography
Joseph H. August
Joseph H. August
Composer
Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman
Editors
Henry Berman
Henry Berman
John Lockert
John Lockert
Sound
Cecil Shephard
Cecil Shephard
Kenneth C. Wesson
Kenneth C. Wesson
Story
Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht
Charles MacArthur
Charles MacArthur
Art Direction
Van Nest Polglase
Van Nest Polglase
Set Decoration
Darrell Silvera
Darrell Silvera
Costume Design
Fred Starns
Fred Starns
Edward Stevenson
Edward Stevenson
Pat Williams
Pat Williams
Makeup Artists
Armand Triller
Armand Triller
Walter Hermann
Walter Hermann
Camera Operators
Eddie Pyle
Eddie Pyle
Charles Burke
Charles Burke
Assistant Directors
Edward Killy
Edward Killy
Dewey Starkey
Dewey Starkey