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Gunga Din

Barbaric Splendor - Gasping Magnitude - Adventure !

1939 · 1h 57m · Approved Action, Adventure, Comedy, War
Directed by George Stevens

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Overview

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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Fresh

Stevens's deliberate pacing serves the comedy remarkably well, although the action scenes are blunted by too-careful compositions and artsy cutting.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh

This is a pretty spiffing adventure yarn, with some classically staged fights, terrific performances.

Tom Milne, Time Out

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