Gunga Din
“Barbaric Splendor - Gasping Magnitude - Adventure !”
George StevensCast
Cary Grant 
Joan Fontaine 
Victor McLaglen 
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. 
Sam Jaffe 
Eduardo Ciannelli
Credits
Written by: Joel Sayre
Plot
In nineteenth-century India three British sergeants, played by Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., fight the murderous Thuggee cult, helped by the humble regimental water-carrier Gunga Din, who dreams of becoming a soldier. Loosely based on Rudyard Kipling's poem.
Sinekatalog’s take
A rousing adventure with a great deal of humour, still a model for the swashbuckler despite its dated colonial attitudes. Stevens stages the action on a huge scale and Grant is delightful.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (13,789 votes)
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