Gunga Din
Gunga Din
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1939
1h 57m
6.5(168 votes)
Adventure
War
Action
Comedy

Overview

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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RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast & Crew

40 members
Acting

Cary Grant

Archibald Cutter

Cary Grant
Acting

Victor McLaglen

MacChesney

Victor McLaglen
Acting

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Thomas Anthony Ballantine

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Acting

Sam Jaffe

Gunga Din

Sam Jaffe
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Eduardo Ciannelli

Guru

Eduardo Ciannelli
Acting

Joan Fontaine

Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins

Joan Fontaine
Acting

Montagu Love

Colonel Weed

Montagu Love
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Robert Coote

Bertie Higginbotham

Robert Coote
Acting

Abner Biberman

Chota

Abner Biberman
Acting

Lumsden Hare

Major Mitchell

Lumsden Hare
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Leslie Sketchley

Corporal (uncredited)

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Olin Francis

Fulad (uncredited)

Olin Francis
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Ann Evers

Girl at Party (uncredited)

Ann Evers
Acting

Audrey Manners

Girl at Party (uncredited)

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Fay McKenzie

Girl at Party (uncredited)

Fay McKenzie
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Lal Chand Mehra

Jadoo (uncredited)

Lal Chand Mehra
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Clive Morgan

Lancer Captain (uncredited)

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Roland Varno

Lt. Markham (uncredited)

Roland Varno
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Frank Leyva

Merchant (uncredited)

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Cecil Kellaway

Mr. Stebbins (uncredited)

Cecil Kellaway
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George Du Count

Pandu Lal (uncredited)

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Reginald Sheffield

Rudyard Kipling - Journalist

Reginald Sheffield
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Bryant Fryer

Scottish Sergeant (uncredited)

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Charles Bennett

Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

Charles Bennett
Acting

Jamiel Hasson

Thug Chieftain (uncredited)

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George Regas

Thug Chieftain (uncredited)

George Regas
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John Alban

(uncredited)

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Joe De La Cruz

(uncredited)

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Joe McGuinn

(uncredited)

Joe McGuinn
Acting

Richard Farnsworth

(uncredited)

Richard Farnsworth
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Sam Harris

(uncredited)

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Crew

Thom Metzetti

(uncredited)

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Art Mix

(uncredited)

Art Mix
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Satini Pualoa

(uncredited)

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Allen Schute

(uncredited)

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Paul Singh

(uncredited)

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Tom Tamarez

(uncredited)

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Costume & Make-Up

Carlie Taylor

(uncredited)

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Bruce Wyndham

(uncredited)

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Stuart Hall

Party Guest (uncredited)

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