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Gunga Din is a 1939 American black-and-white adventure war film directed and produced by George Stevens. The screenplay was written by Fred Guiol, with music composed by Alfred Newman. The cast includes Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Eduardo Ciannelli. The film was produced by RKO Pictures and distributed by RKO Pictures and Netflix.
The narrative is set in India, though filming took place in California, Arizona, and the Alabama Hills. Production designer Van Nest Polglase and costume designer Edward Stevenson worked on the visual elements. The movie has a runtime of 117 minutes and is presented in English. It explores themes involving the British Empire, soldiers, and a thuggee uprising.
Critical reception includes a review score of 8/10 and 89%, while IMDb lists a rating of 7.2. The film had a budget of 1,915,000 and generated revenue of 2,807,000. It was released in the United States in January and February 1939. The work is based on the poem Gunga Din and is described with the tagline "Barbaric Splendor - Gasping Magnitude - Adventure!"
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6.5British 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.
Cast
- Cary Grant as Archibald Cutter
- Victor McLaglen as MacChesney
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Thomas Anthony Ballantine
- Sam Jaffe as Gunga Din
- Eduardo Ciannelli as Guru
- Joan Fontaine as Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins
Themes
- army
- british empire
- uprising
- soldier
- thuggee uprising
- 19th century
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Gunga Din
- Director
- George Stevens
- Screenwriter
- Fred Guiol
- Cast member
- Reginald Sheffield
- Composer
- Alfred Newman
- Producer
- George Stevens
- Production company
- RKO Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Joseph H. August
- Narrative location
- India
- Filming location
- Alabama Hills
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 172805
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Gunga Din (1939) trailer 1.jpg
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- publication date
- 1939-02-17
- title
- Gunga Din
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- Van Nest Polglase
- Commons category
- Gunga Din (film)
- distributed by
- Netflix
- costume designer
- Edward Stevenson
- review score
- 89%
- capital cost
- 1915000
- box office
- 1888000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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