Gunga Din overview

Gunga Din

Synopsis:

Though Rudyard Kipling's poem Gunga Din makes a swell recital piece, it cannot be said to have much of a plot. It's simply a crude cockney soldier's tribute to a native Indian water boy who remains at his job even after being mortally wounded. Hardly the sort of material upon which to build 118 minutes' worth of screen time-at least, it wasn't until RKO producer Pandro S. Berman decided to convert Gunga Din into an A-budgeted feature film. Now it became the tale of three eternally brawling British sergeants stationed in colonial India: Cutter (Cary Grant), McChesney (Victor McLaglen) and Ballantine (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.).


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Movie Details:

  • Director: George Stevens
  • Studio: RKO Pictures
  • Year: 1939
  • Run Time: 117 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: NR
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Adventure
  • Filmed in: Available in Colorized Version, B&W

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