Gunga Din

Gunga Din

6.5IMDb Score
Released:1939-01-26
Genre:Adventure, War, Action, Comedy
Duration:117 min
Country:United States of America
Director:George Stevens
Actors:Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sam Jaffe, Eduardo Ciannelli
Production:RKO Radio Pictures

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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