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Saturday Cinema: Gunga Din

on BBC Two England

starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Sam Jaffe
Inspired by Rudyard Kipling's poem set in the days of India under the British Empire, this exciting epic adventure was one of George Stevens's greatest films and has not been seen on television for over 20 years.
Cutter, MacChesney and Ballantine are three brave and reckless officers sent to investigate an attack on an army post by the cult of the Thuggees. Among their native auxiliaries is a water-carrier called Gunga Din, who proves he is as resourceful and courageous as any trained soldier.
(George Stevens tribute in the Film Club tonight at 10.0pm)
FILMS: page 29

Contributors

Screenplay:
Joel Sayre
Screenplay:
Fred Guiol
From a story by:
Ben Hecht
From a story by:
Charles Macarthur
Produced and directed by:
George Stevens
Cutter:
Cary Grant
MacChesney:
Victor McLaglen
Ballantine:
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Gunga Din:
Sam Jaffe
Guru:
Eduardo Ciannelli
Emmy:
Joan Fontaine
Colonel Weed:
Montagu Love
Higginbotham:
Robert Coote

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