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Gunga Din

1939 · 117 min

A rousing old-fashioned adventure with boisterous camaraderie, exotic danger, and a stirring heroic finish.

Tagline: Barbaric Splendor - Gasping Magnitude - Adventure !
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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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
loyalty
war
colonialism
betrayal
Places: countryside
military
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	7
Horror	2
Humour	6
Realism	4
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: adventure, war, action, history
Directed by: George Stevens
Written by: Howard Hawks, Fred Guiol, Joel Sayre
Starring: Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sam Jaffe, Eduardo Ciannelli, Joan Fontaine, Montagu Love, Robert Coote
Music: Alfred Newman
Cinematography: Joseph H. August
Runtime: 117 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English, Hindi

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