Gunga Din Movie Review 1939

The prototypical "buddy" film. Three veteran British sergeants in India try to suppress a native uprising, but it's their water boy, the intrepid Gunga Din, who saves the day. Friendship, loyalty, and some of the best action scenes ever filmed. Based loosely on Rudyard Kipling's famous poem, the story is credited to Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, and William Faulkner (who is uncredited). Also available colorized.

Distribution

Mike LeBell's Video, 75 Freemont Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90005, Phone: (213)938-3333, Fax: (213)938-3334, Email: mlvideo@aol.com

Available on VHS
Running time 117 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, War, General, Buddies, India, Books to Film: Rudyard Kipling, Adapted from a Poem, Desert War/Foreign Legion, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Fred Guiol, Joel Sayre, Ben Hecht, William Faulkner

Cast

Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks, Sam Jaffe, Eduardo Ciannelli, Montagu Love, Joan Fontaine, Abner Biberman, Robert Coote, Lumsden Hare, Cecil Kellaway, Roland Varno, George Regas, Reggy) Sheffield Reginald (Reggie, Clive Morgan

Cinematography

Joseph August

Director

George Stevens

Music

Alfred Newman

Other

William Briers, Robert Erskine Holland, Clive Morgan

Producer

Pandro S. Berman, George Stevens, RKO

Awards

Natl. Film Reg. 1999.