Release Year: 1939
Release Date: Thu Feb 16 1939
Runtime: 117 minutes
Filmed In Black And White
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
Filming Locations: Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, Ruiz Hill Ranch
Studio: RKO
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Actors: Olin Francis (as Fulad), Bryant Fryer (as Scottish Sergeant), Stuart Hall (as Party Guest), Sam Harris , Jamiel Hasson (as Thug Chieftain), Cecil Kellaway (as Mr. Stebbins), Frank Leyva (as Merchant), Audrey Manners (as Girl at Party), Joe McGuinn , Fay McKenzie (as Girl at Party), Lal Chand Mehra (as Jadoo), Thom Metzetti , Art Mix , Clive Morgan (as Lancer Captain), Satini Pualoa , George Regas (as Thug Chieftain), Allen Schute , Nick Shaid (as Thug), Reginald Sheffield (as Rudyard Kipling – Journalist), Bhogwan Singh (as Thug), Paul Singh , Leslie Sketchley (as Corporal), Tom Tamarez , Carlie Taylor , Roland Varno (as Lt. Markham), Bruce Wyndham
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Plot: This is a classic heroic adventure tale – full of both courage and comedy – set in 19th century India, and inspired by the famous Rudyard Kipling poem. Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. play three rowdy British soldiers who with their loyal water-bearer Gunga Din, played by Sam Jaffe, must stop a major uprising by a murderous cult. Born in British India, Gunga Din always wanted to join the British army like many of his fellow Indians, but Indians were not allowed to do so. So he starts observing the British and learns accordingly. He befriends Sgt. Archibald Cutter and warns him about a Thuggee uprising that may threaten their base. Sgt. Cutter and others are able to fend off the attack, but when Gunga gets information of a much larger rebel attack, Cutter accompanies him to the cult’s temple embedded with gold statues of Hindu deities. Gunga finds out he is regarded as a traitor by his countrymen, and Cutter, as well as Sergeants MacChesney and Ballantine, is held captive by the Thuggees in a bid to force the British to leave India.
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Sources: Museum Of Western Film History Archives, IMDb, JustWatch