Romance ·Adventure ·Drama · United Kingdom · 1952 · 1h 45m

The African Queen

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Director
John Huston
Cast
Humphrey Bogart as Charlie Allnut Katharine Hepburn as Rose Sayer Robert Morley as The Brother Peter Bull as Captain of Louisa Theodore Bikel as First Officer Walter Gotell as Second Officer
Crew
Jack Cardiff — Director of Photography Ralph Kemplen — Editor Allan Gray — Original Music Composer James Agee — Screenplay John Huston — Screenplay C. S. Forester — Novel
Tagline

The greatest adventure a man ever lived… with a woman!

Synopsis

At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship.

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Mood & Themes
world war ifaithafricamissionaryboatriverhopepatriotismhippopotamusgiraffemethodist churchanimal species
Key Collaborators
John Huston Director Jack Cardiff Director of Photography Ralph Kemplen Editor Allan Gray Original Music Composer James Agee Screenplay John Huston Screenplay C. S. Forester Novel Sam Spiegel Producer John Woolf Producer Connie De Pinna Costume Design Doris Langley Moore Costume Design
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