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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.
At the start of World War I, Charlie Allnut is using his old steamer, The African Queen, to ferry supplies to villages in East Africa. When the Rev. Samuel Sayer dies, Charlie agrees to take Sayers' sister, Rose, back to civilization, taking on the Germans at the same time.
The African Queen (1951) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The Black Queen: Directed by Greg Yaitanes. With Matt Smith, Emma D'Arcy, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint. While mourning a tragic loss, Rhaenyra tries to hold the realm together, and Daemon prepares for war.
Academy Awards, USA. 1952 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Humphrey Bogart. 1952 Nominee Oscar. Best Actress in a Leading Role. Katharine Hepburn. 1952 Nominee Oscar. Best Director.
Based on the famous C.S. Forester novel, which it follows quite closely, THE African QUEEN is the simple story of pragmatic river-rat Charlie Allnut (Bogart) and high-minded Methodist missionary spinster Rose Sayer (Hepburn) who are thrown together by chance when German troops sweep through Africa during World War I.
The African Queen is based on the 1935 novel of the same name by English novelist C.S. Forester, pen name for Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (1899-1966). It was adapted for the movie by American novelist James Agee and director John Huston.
The African Queen. Sources claimed that everyone in the cast and crew got sick except Humphrey Bogart and John Huston, who said they avoided illness by essentially living on imported Scotch whiskey. Bogart later said, "All I ate was baked beans, canned asparagus and Scotch whiskey.
Charlie Allnut : Nobody in Africa, but yours truly, can get a good head of steam on the old African Queen.
With Warren Oates, Mariette Hartley, Tyrone Jackson, Alfred Polsen. After the events of The African Queen (1951), Charlie and Rose are recaptured by the Germans and forced to tug one of their big cannons that could bring the Nazis victory against the local Allied forces.
