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Gunga Din

1939 · 117 min · Director: George Stevens ★ IMDb 7.2 · 13,796 ratings

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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.

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Gunga Din (1939) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Humor 25%, Inspiration 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor25%

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The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Humor, Inspiration. Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Humor and Inspiration. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Humor
  • Excitement

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Inspiration

Tension
Humor
Excitement
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 13 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionHumorExcitement
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension42 %40 %13 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Humor48 %45 %23 %13 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Tension59 %57 %21 %24 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Tension69 %66 %21 %46 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Excitement68 %60 %29 %50 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Humor56 %39 %39 %25 %
32.5 %≈ 38′Humor54 %16 %51 %11 %
37.5 %≈ 44′Humor59 %9 %59 %14 %
42.5 %≈ 50′Humor59 %15 %59 %20 %
47.5 %≈ 56′Humor59 %28 %54 %34 %
52.5 %≈ 61′Excitement65 %49 %43 %43 %
57.5 %≈ 67′Tension70 %59 %40 %39 %
62.5 %≈ 73′Humor66 %50 %49 %35 %
67.5 %≈ 79′Tension66 %56 %48 %37 %
72.5 %≈ 85′Tension71 %69 %43 %44 %
77.5 %≈ 91′Tension75 %73 %35 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 97′Tension83 %81 %16 %46 %
87.5 %≈ 102′Tension88 %85 %8 %57 %
92.5 %≈ 108′Excitement86 %61 %11 %55 %
97.5 %≈ 114′Inspiration85 %28 %10 %30 %
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Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

DF
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

ML
Montagu Love

ML
Montagu Love

Colonel Weed

AB
Abner Biberman

AB
Abner Biberman

Chota

LH
Lumsden Hare

LH
Lumsden Hare

Major Mitchell

LS
Leslie Sketchley

Corporal (uncredited)

OF
Olin Francis

Fulad (uncredited)

AE
Ann Evers

Girl at Party (uncredited)

AM
Audrey Manners

Girl at Party (uncredited)

FM
Fay McKenzie

Girl at Party (uncredited)

LC
Lal Chand Mehra

Jadoo (uncredited)

CM
Clive Morgan

Lancer Captain (uncredited)

RV
Roland Varno

Lt. Markham (uncredited)

FL
Frank Leyva

Merchant (uncredited)

Cecil Kellaway

Mr. Stebbins (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
George Stevens
Written by
Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Howard Hawks, Fred Guiol, Joel Sayre, Ben Hecht
Type
Movies
Released
1939
Runtime
117 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 13,796 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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