Gunga Din
1939 · 117 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 13,178 VOTES · DIR. George Stevens
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 996 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:25 "Now, in Injia's sunny clime, Where I used to spend my time
00:08:09 Take your hands off that man.
00:13:56 Creeps or no creeps, we've got to get in touch with the Colonel.
00:22:07 Under cover, everybody! Get in there! Take cover in the courtyard.
00:29:09 and report at the office immediately.
00:32:26 Left! Right! Center!
00:37:32 All for a nice little elephant girl. This is lovely.
00:43:04 - We'll be the judge of that. - Wait, sir. There's a fly.
00:47:24 I don't know. Try them both. One for each window.
00:51:33 He's even snarling at poor little Annie.
00:54:02 Wait a minute!
00:58:51 Why didn't you say so? I'd like to get a crack at them.
01:05:04 Another answered from the right at once.
01:10:05 Take him away!
01:12:50 Who's they? Priests or what?
01:14:41 All right, I'll sign, but on one condition.
01:17:48 Surely Mother Kali is kind.
01:21:38 - Hurry up about it. - I'll take all day, if you order me around.
01:24:56 but in Ballantine's pocket there's a paper with all the troop movements in it.
01:30:17 and you see us down as far as the bridge.
01:34:38 If you planned it right, mate...
01:37:50 What is my life to the life of our cause? Go!
01:49:13 That's right. I don't trust you.
03:00:00 if it's worth a farthing!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed996
Dialogue density8.5 lines / min
First line00:00:25
Final line03:00:00
Production Record
DirectorGeorge Stevens
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,915,000
Revenue$2,807,000
IMDb votes13,178