Gunga Din (1939)
| Release Date | 24 January 1939 |
| Budget | $2,000,000 |
| Tagline | Barbaric Splendor - Gasping Magnitude - Adventure ! |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, War |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | British Empire Film, War Adventure, Cavalry Film |
| Mood | God and Country |
| Themes | Colonialism |
| Tones | Atmospheric, Earnest, Rousing, Tense, Sweeping |
| Tags | Battle [war], Captive, Captor, Cavalry, Colonialism, Cult, Escape, Family, Friendship, Massacre, Slavery |
Gunga Din is a 1939 RKO adventure film directed by George Stevens, (very) loosely based on the poem of the same name by Rudyard Kipling, combined with elements of his novel Soldiers Three. The film is about three British sergeants and their native water bearer who fight the Thuggee, a cult of murderous Indians in colonial British India.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Abner Biberman
Chota
John Alban
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Charles Bennett
Telegraph operator
Joe De La Cruz
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George Du Count
Pandu Lal
Olin Francis
Fulad
Bryant Fryer
Scottish sergeant
Sam Harris
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Jamiel Hasson
Thug chieftain
Frank Leyva
Merchant
Audrey Manners
Girl at party
Joe McGuinn
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Lal Chand Mehra
Jadoo
Thom Metzetti
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Art Mix
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Clive Morgan
Lancer captain
Satini Pualoa
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Allen Schute
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Paul Singh
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Leslie Sketchley
Corporal
Tom Tamarez
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Carlie Taylor
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Roland Varno
Lt. Markham
Bruce Wyndham
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Director
Writer
Joel Sayre
Fred Guiol
Lester Cohen
uncredited
John Colton
uncredited
Vincent Lawrence
uncredited
Producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Joseph H. August
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Editor
Henry Berman
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John Lockert
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Art Director
Van Nest Polglase
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Set Decorator
Darrell Silvera
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Costume Designer
Edward Stevenson
Makeup Department
James R. Barker
makeup artist
Dan Berns
makeup artist
Irving Berns
makeup artist
Mel Berns
makeup department head
Layne Britton
makeup artist
Russell Drake
makeup artist
Charles Gemora
makeup artist
Abe Haberman
makeup artist
Joe Hadley
makeup artist
Walter Hermann
makeup artist
Dick Johnson
makeup artist
Ben Libizer
makeup artist
Harry Pringle
makeup artist
Louis Saintly
makeup artist
Al Senator
makeup artist
Howard Smit
makeup artist
Armand Triller
makeup artist
William Woods
makeup artist
Production Manager
Pandro S. Berman
executive in charge of production
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Edward Killy
assistant director
Dewey Starkey
assistant director
Art Department
Perry Ferguson
associate art director
Nathan Barragar
props
Claude E. Carpenter
set dresser
Thomas Grady
props
Maxwell O. Henry
props
James Lane
props
Kennie Marstella
props
Gene Rossi
props
Sound Department
James G. Stewart
sound recordist
John E. Tribby
sound recordist
George C. Emick
sound
John C. Grubb
sound
S.G. Haughton
sound
Aubrey C. Lind
sound
Jack Mark
sound
Gordon McLean
sound
Eric Meisel
sound
Arthur C. Robbins
sound
Fred Rodgers
sound
Cecil Shephard
sound
Kenneth C. Wesson
sound
Special Effects
Vernon L. Walker
special effects
Russell A. Cully
special effects
Visual Effects
P. Brook
photographic effects
Horace L. Hulburd
photographic effects
Roger Sherman
photographic effects
G. Swartz
photographic effects
M. Zamora
photographic effects
Stunts
David Sharpe
stunts
Barlow Simpson
stunts
Tom Steele
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Joseph A. August Jr.
second camera operator
H. Barrett
grip
Pete Bernard
grip
H. Brandon
grip
Charles Burke
camera operator
Tom Clement
grip
William Collins
assistant camera: camera effects
T. Connelly
grip
Charles Davis
camera operator
Thomas East
best boy
Earl Gilpin
grip
Alexander Kahle
still photographer
Mario Larrinaga
camera effects artist
George Marquenie
gaffer
C. Noren
grip
W. Norton
grip
Eddie Pyle
second camera operator
William Record
grip
F. Reed
grip
Cliff Shirpser
assistant camera
Clifford Stine
second camera: camera effects
Charles Straumer
second camera operator
Leon Turen
camera operator
William Whitaker
camera operator
Joe Zaslove
camera operator
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ray Camp
wardrobe
Harold Clandenning
wardrobe
Bill Durant
wardrobe
Harry Lawrence
wardrobe
Bill Rabb
wardrobe
Fred Starns
wardrobe
Wesley Trist
wardrobe
Pat Williams
wardrobe
Music Department
Edward B. Powell
orchestrator
Conrad Salinger
orchestrator
Other Crew
Sergeant Major William Briers
technical advisor
Robert Erskine Holland
technical advisor
Clive Morgan
technical advisor
Art Bruggerman
stand-in
Phoebe Campbell
stand-in
Gordon B. Clarke
stand-in: Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Hilda Grenier
technical advisor
Sam Harris
technical advisor
Mal Merrihugh
stand-in
Barlow Simpson
elephant trainer
Production Company
RKO Radio Pictures
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Distributor
RKO Radio Pictures
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C&C Television Corporation
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Castle Video
Continental Home Vídeo
Filmituonti
Lii-Filmi
Media Home Entertainment
Pan Vision Oy
Warner Bros. Television
Warner Home Video
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Yleisradio (YLE)
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