Director: George Stevens

Writers: Joel Sayre; Fred Guiol; Ben Hecht; Charles MacArthur

From novel: Gunga Din by Rudyard Kipling (original poem basis)

Music by: Alfred Newman

Producer: George Stevens

Keywords: Action/Adventure, India

Three British sergeants and Gunga Din, a bhisti (water carrier) in 19th Century India fight a revival of the Thuggees, a murderous cult of Kali worshipers. Received an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography. Entered 1999 into the National Film Registry. Loosely based on Rudyard Kipling's poem of the same name, Gunga Din served as direct inspiration for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984).

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Abner Biberman	Actor	1-Apr-1909	20-Jun-1977	Knock on Wood
Eduardo Ciannelli	Actor	30-Aug-1889	8-Oct-1969	Strange Cargo
Robert Coote	Actor	4-Feb-1909	26-Nov-1982	My Fair Lady
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.	Actor	9-Dec-1909	7-May-2000	Sinbad the Sailor
Joan Fontaine	Actor	22-Oct-1917	15-Dec-2013	Suspicion
Cary Grant	Actor	18-Jan-1904	29-Nov-1986	North by Northwest
Sam Jaffe	Actor	10-Mar-1891	24-Mar-1984	Gunga Din
Montagu Love	Actor	15-Mar-1877	17-May-1943	British character actor
Victor McLaglen	Actor	11-Dec-1883	7-Nov-1959	The Informer

CAST

Starring
Cary Grant	...   Cutter
Victor McLaglen	...   MacChesney
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.	...   Ballantine
with
Sam Jaffe	...   Gunga Din
Eduardo Ciannelli	...   Guru
Joan Fontaine	...   Emmmy
Montagu Love	...   Col. Weed
Robert Coote	...   Higginbotham
Abner Biberman	...   Chota
Lumsden Hare	...   Maj. Mitchell

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