Gunga Din

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adventure film film

Gunga Din is a 1939 adventure film set in British colonial India, loosely based on Rudyard Kipling’s poem, known for its action, camaraderie, and iconic title character.

Aliases (1)

Gunga Din (1939 film) ×2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	adventure film → film →
basedOn	poem "Gunga Din" by Rudyard Kipling →
blackAndWhite	true →
cinematographyBy	Joseph H. August NERFINISHED →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	George Stevens →
distributor	RKO → RKO Radio Pictures → RKO Radio Pictures Inc. →
editedBy	Henry Berman → William Hamilton →
era	Golden Age of Hollywood →
filmingLocation	Alabama Hills, California → Lone Pine, California →
genre	adventure film → war film →
hasIconicCharacter	Gunga Din →
inspiredBy	British colonial military adventures →
mainCharacter	Gunga Din →
musicBy	Alfred Newman →
notableFor	depiction of British colonial India → influential action set pieces → themes of camaraderie among soldiers →
originalLanguage	English →
portraysCharacter	Gunga Din → Sergeant "Mac" MacChesney → Sergeant Archibald Cutter → Sergeant Thomas "Tommy" Ballantine →
producer	Pandro S. Berman →
productionCompany	RKO Radio Pictures →
releaseDate	1939-01-27 →
releaseYear	1939 →
runtimeMinutes	117 →
screenwriter	Ben Hecht → Charles MacArthur → Fred Guiol → Joel Sayre →
settingLocation	British India →
settingTimePeriod	19th century →
starredActor	Cary Grant → Douglas Fairbanks Jr. → Eduardo Ciannelli → Joan Fontaine → Sam Jaffe → Victor McLaglen →
studioSystemFilm	true →
title	Gunga Din →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cary Grant → Douglas Fairbanks Jr. → Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ("Gunga Din (1939 film)") → Rudyard Kipling →	notableWork
Gunga Din →	hasIconicCharacter
Gunga Din →	mainCharacter
Gunga Din →	portraysCharacter
Gunga Din →	title
Jules Furthman ("Gunga Din (1939 film)") →	workedOn