 Ballantine announces his intention to remain in the army, and instead of tearing up his re-enlistment papers, gives them to the colonel, much to the approval of MacChesney and Cutter.The film ends with a final image of Gunga Din's spirit, standing proudly and saluting at attention, now in British uniform.The rights to Kipling's poem were bought by producer Edward Small's Reliance Pictures in 1936 in exchange for ₤4,700.