Conversation so far:
What is Gunga Din?
Gunga Din is a 1939 RKO adventure film directed by George Stevens and starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
What was the film Gunga Din about?
Gunga Din is about three British sergeants and Gunga Din, their native bhisti, who fight the Thuggee, an Indian murder cult, in colonial British India.
What else is notable about Gunga Din besides the plot about a murder cult in colonial British India?
Gunga Din served as the template decades later for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
How is Gunga Din connected to Victor McLaglen?
Victor McLaglen starred in Gunga Din as Sgt. 'Mac' MacChesney.

Question: Is there anything else notable?
Self-contained rewrite: Is there anything else notable about Victor McLaglen besides starring in Gunga Din?