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
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00:00:25 "Now, in Injia's sunny clime, Where I used to spend my time
00:08:01 Just a minute. Let me take care of him, will you?
00:13:38 Stale.
00:20:23 By nightfall, Ma Kali will be smiling.
00:28:51 Halt! Left face!
00:31:53 That's horrible.
00:36:59 I know. You want your daddy to give it to you, don't you?
00:42:24 - Looks like a jolly party, Sergeant. - Yes, sir. Very jolly, sir.
00:45:52 That's a funny thing. The punch tastes all right.
00:50:56 Swing those picks there. You think this is a strawberry festival?
00:53:26 marriage and the tea business will whiz from his mind.
00:56:26 - Already bring all tools could find. - Yeah.
01:03:22 Kali. Sahib, come quick.
01:09:03 Oh, the roast beef of England And, oh, the old English roast beef
01:11:59 Go inside, dear. I'll be right with you.
01:13:54 Do you want me to go through life remembering that I ran out...
01:16:18 - Sgt. Ballantine, fall in! - Right, sir.
01:20:36 Where's the troop?
01:23:02 Regimental bhisti.
01:27:18 It's young Toad Face blazing up the Thugs. I'll start with him first.
01:32:16 Is there no limit to the torture an Oriental mind can think up?
01:35:50 That is my artillery. Rather neatly concealed, don't you think?
01:39:50 - Good work, soldier! - Thank you, sahib.
01:52:43 Stand easy, men.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed996
Dialogue density8.5 lines / min
First line00:00:25
Final line01:52:43
Production Record
DirectorGeorge Stevens
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,915,000
Revenue$2,807,000
IMDb votes13,178