“Gunga Din” quotes
(1939)
Title Gunga Din
Year 1939
Director George Stevens
Genre Comedy, War, Adventure
Year 1939
Director George Stevens
Genre Comedy, War, Adventure
Plot – In the British India, British authorities attack the dangerous sect of Tughs. The followers break into a village where a small British detachment is stationed, then they disappear misteriously. A new detachment is sent to control the village and Gunga Din, the water-carrier, goes with them. He enters the temple of the Goddess Kali and discovers the Tughs.
All actors – Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sam Jaffe, Eduardo Ciannelli, Joan Fontaine, Montagu Love, Robert Coote, Abner Biberman, Lumsden Hare, John Alban, Charles Bennett
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“Chata, take him to the tower and teach him the error of false pride.”
“Hannibal was mad, Caesar was mad, and Napoleon surely was the maddest of the lot. Ever since time began, they've called mad all the great soldiers in this world.”
“You seem to think warfare an English invention. Have you ever heard of Chandragupta Maurya? He slaughtered all the armies left in India by Alexander the Great.”
“Now you're all under arrest. Her Majesty's very touchy about having her subjects strangled.”
“How can we get a nice little war going?”
“Is there no end to the torture that an Oriental mind can think of?”
“India was a mighty nation then, while Englishmen still dwelt in caves and painted themselves blue.”
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