Gunga Din (1939) - George Stevens | Synopsis, Movie Info, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie (original) (raw)

Directed by George Stevens

Release Date - Jan 26, 1939 | Run Time - 117 min. | Countries - United States of America | MPAA Rating - TV-PG

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Gunga Din is a 1939 RKO adventure film directed by George Stevens and starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., loosely based on the poem of the same name by Rudyard Kipling combined with elements of his short story collection Soldiers Three. The film is about three British sergeants and Gunga Din, their native bhisti (water bearer), who fight the Thuggee, a cult of murderous Indians in colonial British India. The supporting cast features Joan Fontaine, Eduardo Ciannelli, and, in the title role, Sam Jaffe. The epic film was written by Joel Sayre and Fred Guiol from a storyline by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, with uncredited contributions by Lester Cohen, John Colton, William Faulkner, Vincent Lawrence, Dudley Nichols and Anthony Veiller. In 1999, Gunga Din was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

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Army, British Empire, Douglas Fairbanks, Soldier, Thuggee

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Based On: Gunga Din
Filming Location: Alabama Hills, Arizona, California
Narrative Location: India

Alternate Titles

Aufstand in Sidi Hakim

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