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 Grant
Archibald Cutter
Victor McLaglen
MacChesney
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Thomas Anthony Ballantine
Sam Jaffe
Gunga Din
Eduardo Ciannelli
Guru
Joan Fontaine
Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins
Montagu Love
Colonel Weed
Robert Coote
Bertie Higginbotham
Abner Biberman
Chota
Lumsden Hare
Major Mitchell
Director
George Stevens
Screenplay
Fred Guiol
Tagline
"Barbaric Splendor - Gasping Magnitude - Adventure !"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$1,915,000
Revenue
$2,807,000
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
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November 3, 2024
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