Gunga Din
Barbaric Splendor - Gasping Magnitude - Adventure !
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.
- Director
- George Stevens
- Signature
- Action · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $3M
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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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Box Office & Release
Gunga Din returned 1.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $3M
- Release date
- Jan 26, 1939
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Hindi
- Country
- United States of America
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