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Gunga Din

Duration: 1 hour, 53 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Action adventure film set in 19th-century India, at the height of the British Empire. Cutter, MacChesney and Ballantine are despatched to India to help deal with the Thuggees, a murderous band of religious fanatics. With them is Gunga Din, a water carrier. The trio and fellow soldiers are captured and ill-treated by the Thuggees. Only one man can save them... Show less

Contributors

Sgt Archibald Cutter:
Cary Grant
Sgt MacChesney:
Victor McLaglen
Sgt Ballantine:
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Gunga Din:
Sam Jaffe
Emmy Stebbins:
Joan Fontaine
Colonel Weed:
Montagu Love
Higginbotham:
Robert Coote
Major Mitchell:
Lumsden Hare
Writer:
Fred Guiol
Writer:
Joel Sayre
Writer:
Ben Hecht

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