British army sergeants Cutter Ballantine and also MacChesney function during the 1880s, together with their indigenous water-bearer in India. After completing a dangerous mission that is telegraph-repair, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. The Thuggees captures the fortune-hunting Cutter when the sergeants are told by Gunga Din concerning a secret temple made from gold, which is as much as his friends.