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The African Queen is a 1951 adventure film adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by C. S. Forester. The film was directed by John Huston and produced by Sam Spiegel and John Woolf. The screenplay was adapted by James Agee, John Huston, John Collier and Peter Viertel.
With Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull. In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.
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- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- John Huston
- 1952-03-21
An absolutely adorable love story of missionary Hepburn and cussing sailor Bogart. Shot on location in Afr ...more. From 1951 starring Humphrey Bogart & Katharine Hepburn. Both at the...
- 114 min
- 38.7K
- crucial classics movie reactions
Apr 1, 2006 · At the start of World War 1, Charlie Allnut is using his old steamer, The African Queen, to ferry supplies to villages in East Africa. When the Rev. Samual Sayer dies, Charlie (Humphrey...
- 3 min
- 230.5K
- Monica Susilo
the african queen is a 1951 british–american adventure film adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by c. s. forester. the film was directed by john huston and produced by sam spiegel and john woolf. the screenplay was adapted by james agee, john huston, john collier and peter viertel.
- 71 min
- 8.1K
- Classix Cinema
The African Queen, American adventure film, released in 1951, that was based on C.S. Forester’s 1935 novel of the same name. The film is especially noted for Humphrey Bogart’s performance, which earned him the only Academy Award of his career. Set in German East Africa at the outbreak of World War.
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German imperial troops burn down his mission; he is beaten and dies of fever. His well-educated, snobbish sister Rose Sayer buries him and leaves by the only available transport, the dilapidated river steamboat 'African Queen' of grumpy Charlie Allnut.
