the story of the untouchable who act like a great soldier and save the life of hundred if not thousand and be tell in the 1939 film gunga din . base loosely on the rudyard kipling poem and the film be brilliantly direct by george stevens and star cary grant and douglas fairbanks jr. and victor mclagen . the title role be play by sam jaffe and well know in my era a ben casey bos and dr. zorba and a name that become synonymous with big and out of control hair . say dr. zorba hair to anyone of my generation and and they know what youre talk about . set in india at the time of the british occupation and three soldier two romantic and dash figure in grant and fairbanks and and mclagen a a big lug be cut ups in reality and three overgrown boy . gunga din be the water carrier and treat somewhat meanly verbally and anyway by mcchesney ( mclaglen ) and but cutter ( grant ) be fond of him . when he catch din ( pronounced deen ) practice be his soldier walk and salute a he ape the unit during their maneuver and cutter give him a few pointer . the merry band of musketeer be go to break up when ballantine ( fairbanks ) announce he about to be marry to a lovely young woman ( joan fontaine ) and leave the service . however and when gunga din and cutter run across thugees and a murderous cult lead by a guru ( eduardo cianelli ) and gunga din escape to warn the unit and and ballantine insists on re enlist to help save cutter . it a buddy movie after all . gunga din start out lightheartedly and with slapstick and wonderful and broad comedy and particularly by cary grant and who be quite funny . both he and fairbanks be so handsome and it hard to decide which one to look at first . much of the film be make up of huge action sequence which be very exciting . in the last part and the story become very dramatic and culminates in a tense and thrilling battle . grant have the showy role and fairbanks be the lovesick romantic and and mclaglen a mcchesney and mostly due to his treatment of gunga din and be the most unlikeable character and although one detect his soft heart in his love for his elephant annie . his softness come through toward the end of the movie and particularly in the very touching and tear jerk final scene . always a gentle and likable actor and sam jaffe give a beautiful performance a gunga din and a simple and brave man with a big smile and powerful imagination and lofty dream . without much dialogue and jaffe conveys gunga din soul magnificently . this be truly the ultimate adventure film and massive in scope and with good acting and rouse scene and a wonderful musical score and and some beautiful cinematic image . another one from that remarkable year and 1939. highly recommend .