Gunga Din (the 1939 movie)
- California Doubling: Set in Northern India, filmed in the same stretch of California where many a movie cowboy fought the other kind of Indian.
- Cast the Runner-Up: Cary Grant and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. swapped roles.
- What Could Have Been:
- Howard Hawks was in line to direct for a while. He was replaced when Bringing Up Baby flopped. He wanted either Robert Donat or Roger Livesey as Sgt. Archibald Cutter, Spencer Tracy as Sgt. "Mac" MacChesney and Robert Montgomery as Sgt. Thomas "Tommy" Ballantine.
- The title role was intended for the Indian actor Sabu.
