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.
Gunga Din has generally received positive reviews.
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Gunga Din was released in 1939 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 157 reviews, giving Gunga Din (1939) an average rating of 70%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 79% and users giving an average score of 79%.
With a score of 70%, Gunga Din is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1939, which stands at 61%.
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