Gunga Din
Action adventure. Three British Army sergeants and their heroic water carrier Gunga Din battle with the followers of a savage cult in 19th-century India.
Action adventure film set in 19th-century India, at the height of the British Empire. Cutter, MacChesney and Ballantine are despatched to India to help deal with the Thuggees, a murderous band of religious fanatics. With them is Gunga Din, a water carrier. The trio and fellow soldiers are captured and ill-treated by the Thuggees. Only one man can save them...
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00:01Alfred Newman
Gunga Din (Main Title)
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Sgt Archibald Cutter | Cary Grant |
| Sgt MacChesney | Victor McLaglen |
| Sgt Ballantine | Douglas Fairbanks Jr |
| Gunga Din | Sam Jaffe |
| Guru | Eduardo Ciannelli |
| Emmy Stebbins | Joan Fontaine |
| Colonel Weed | Montagu Love |
| Higginbotham | Robert Coote |
| Chota | Abner Biberman |
| Major Mitchell | Lumsden Hare |
| Director | George Stevens |
| Producer | Pandro S Berman |
| Writer | Fred Guiol |
| Writer | Joel Sayre |
| Writer | Ben Hecht |
| Writer | Charles MacArthur |