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RKO Pictures Gunga Din RM Rare RKO Japan LaserDisc Action

Gunga Din RM Rare RKO Japan LaserDisc Action

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Gunga Din RM Rare RKO Japan LaserDisc Action

Rare RKO Pictures LaserDisc Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket with OBI Cary Grant,...

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Rare RKO Pictures LaserDisc

Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket with OBI

Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in...

Gunga Din

RKO Classic Collection

( Catalog Number A78L7017 )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

One of the Best Versions on LaserDisc
English Language
Japanese Subtitles in-picture

Gunga Din
1939 - 95 min. - Black and White
Genre: Action

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
George Stevens' classic action-comedy stars Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Victor McLaglen as a trio of carousing British army officers in 1890s colonial India. When the telegraph wires to one of the British outposts are found to have been cut, the three friends, Sergeants Cutter (Grant), Ballantine (Fairbanks), and McChesney (McLaglen), are sent to investigate. They encounter the Thugges, a cult of religious extremists intent on driving the British from their land, but are able to repel their attack. After the soldiers return to their posts, Ballantine decides to leave the service and marry his girlfriend, Emmy Stebbins (Joan Fontaine). His friends are horrified by this news, and  try to concoct a ruse to keep him in the army. While waiting, the mercenary Cutter, led by Gunga Din--their loyal, native water-bearer, goes into the hills in search of gold. They find that the temple of gold is, in fact, the headquarters of the Thugges, who capture Cutter, but allow Din to escape. Stevens makes good use of his slapstick training here, putting a comic twist on the potential cliches of nearly every scene. In doing so, he creates of one of the most sheerly entertaining films every made. The three principals are perfectly cast, and the film boosted Grant to a new level of stardom.  However, the unfortunate, "white man's burden" treatment accorded to Gunga Din must be seen in the context of the film's more benighted time.

Cast for Gunga Din

Cary Grant
Victor McLaglen
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Sam Jaffe
Eduardo Ciannelli
Joan Fontaine
Montagu Love
Robert Coote
Abner Biberman
Lumsden Hare

Crew for Gunga Din

Producer George Stevens
Cinematographer Joseph H. August
Composer Alfred Newman
Costume Designer Edward Stevenson
Director George Stevens
Editor Henry Berman
Editor John Lockert
Sergeant Major William Briers
Robert Erskine Holland
Clive Morgan
Writer Joel Sayre
Writer Ben Hecht
Writer Rudyard Kipling
Writer Fred Guiol
Writer Charles MacArthur

Feature Details

Title: Gunga Din
Feature Release Date: 1939
Genre: Action
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 95 Minutes
Picture: Academy Ratio
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

Technical Details

Catalog Number: A78L7017
Collection: RKO Classic Collection
Publisher: NEC Avenue

Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: Japan
Video Format: NTSC

Model: A78L7017
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Rare RKO Pictures LaserDisc

Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket with OBI

Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in...

Gunga Din

RKO Classic Collection

( Catalog Number A78L7017 )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

One of the Best Versions on LaserDisc
English Language
Japanese Subtitles in-picture

Gunga Din
1939 - 95 min. - Black and White
Genre: Action

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
George Stevens' classic action-comedy stars Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Victor McLaglen as a trio of carousing British army officers in 1890s colonial India. When the telegraph wires to one of the British outposts are found to have been cut, the three friends, Sergeants Cutter (Grant), Ballantine (Fairbanks), and McChesney (McLaglen), are sent to investigate. They encounter the Thugges, a cult of religious extremists intent on driving the British from their land, but are able to repel their attack. After the soldiers return to their posts, Ballantine decides to leave the service and marry his girlfriend, Emmy Stebbins (Joan Fontaine). His friends are horrified by this news, and  try to concoct a ruse to keep him in the army. While waiting, the mercenary Cutter, led by Gunga Din--their loyal, native water-bearer, goes into the hills in search of gold. They find that the temple of gold is, in fact, the headquarters of the Thugges, who capture Cutter, but allow Din to escape. Stevens makes good use of his slapstick training here, putting a comic twist on the potential cliches of nearly every scene. In doing so, he creates of one of the most sheerly entertaining films every made. The three principals are perfectly cast, and the film boosted Grant to a new level of stardom.  However, the unfortunate, "white man's burden" treatment accorded to Gunga Din must be seen in the context of the film's more benighted time.

Cast for Gunga Din

Cary Grant
Victor McLaglen
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Sam Jaffe
Eduardo Ciannelli
Joan Fontaine
Montagu Love
Robert Coote
Abner Biberman
Lumsden Hare

Crew for Gunga Din

Producer George Stevens
Cinematographer Joseph H. August
Composer Alfred Newman
Costume Designer Edward Stevenson
Director George Stevens
Editor Henry Berman
Editor John Lockert
Sergeant Major William Briers
Robert Erskine Holland
Clive Morgan
Writer Joel Sayre
Writer Ben Hecht
Writer Rudyard Kipling
Writer Fred Guiol
Writer Charles MacArthur

Feature Details

Title: Gunga Din
Feature Release Date: 1939
Genre: Action
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 95 Minutes
Picture: Academy Ratio
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

Technical Details

Catalog Number: A78L7017
Collection: RKO Classic Collection
Publisher: NEC Avenue

Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: Japan
Video Format: NTSC

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