Title:Gunga Din
Date: 1939
Type: Action
Rating: 3/5
Colour: Yes
Director: George Stevens
Producer: George Stevens
Comment
Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Victor McLaglen are three soldiers in India during the British rule. Sam Jaffe is Gunga Din who leads them to a golden temple where they are captured by people of the Thuggie cult and the British army is drawn into a trap trying rescue them. This is a curious film that is part action, part social comment and part comedy that is losely based on the poem by Rudyard Kipling and reflects a time of differing attitudes. It was made at a time when large scale films were made with hundereds of extra's, rather then filling in with CGI versions of actors, but also shows George Stevens skill to direct a big budget epic film.
Actors
Cary Grant
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Victor McLaglen
Sam Jaffe
Eduardo Ciannelli
Joan Fontaine
Montagu Love
Robert Coote
Abner Biberman
Oscars
Nomination
Poem
Rudyard Kipling