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Gunga Din

Movie·1939·Adventure, War, Action·1h 57m·6.5 (183)·Directed by George Stevens

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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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Cary GrantCary GrantArchibald CutterVictor McLaglenVictor McLaglenMacChesneyDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Thomas Anthony BallantineSam JaffeSam JaffeGunga DinEduardo CiannelliEduardo CiannelliGuruJoan FontaineJoan FontaineEmmaline "Emmy" StebbinsMontagu LoveMontagu LoveColonel WeedRobert CooteRobert CooteBertie Higginbotham

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