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Quick Info

Rating

6.5/10

Release1939

Runtime1h 57m

StatusReleased

Budget$1,915,000

Revenue$2,807,000

Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Movie

Gunga Din

1939

1h 57m

6.5

Adventure

War

Action

Comedy

Synopsis

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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