Gunga Din (1939)

I admit to only half-watching this one. It's not interesting. Not one bit really. The movie is based on the poem by Rudyard Kipling (Kipling is also sort-of a character but only in the vaguest sense because his family protested and had scenes cut). Basically three British soldiers (Cary Grant being one of them) in 19th Century India have to try to stop an Indian cult leader who is trying to revive an ancient murderous cult. Gunga Din is the Indian water bearer (played by Sam Jaffe who is not Indian of course) who helps the three. The movie is filled with archaic cultural stereotypes that end up being the most noticeable thing because not much else is interesting. Grant is charming, as usual, but not enough to carry the film.