!!''Film/GungaDin'' (the 1939 movie)

* CaliforniaDoubling: Set in Northern India, filmed in the same stretch of California where many a movie cowboy fought the other kind of Indian.
* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/CaryGrant and Creator/DouglasFairbanksJr swapped roles.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/HowardHawks was in line to direct for a while. He was replaced when ''Film/BringingUpBaby'' flopped. He wanted either Creator/RobertDonat or Creator/RogerLivesey as Sgt. Archibald Cutter, Creator/SpencerTracy as Sgt. "Mac" [=MacChesney=] and Creator/RobertMontgomery as Sgt. Thomas "Tommy" Ballantine.
** The title role was intended for the Indian actor Creator/{{Sabu}}.
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