In Africa during WW1, a gin-swilling riverboat owner/captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship.......September 1914, news reaches the colony German Eastern Africa that its motherland is at war, so Reverend Samuel Sayer became a hostile foreigner; German imperial troops burn down his mission, driving him mad- shortly after his well-educated, snooty sister Rose Sayer buries him and leaves by the only available transport, the crummy river steamboat 'African Queen' of grumpy boorish compatriot Charlie Allnut. As if a long difficult journey without any comfort weren't bad enough for such odd companions, she is determined to find a way to do their bit for the British war effort (and revenge her brother) and aims high as God is obviously on their side: construct their own equipment, a torpedo and the converted steamboat, to take out a huge German warship, the Louisa, which is hard to find on the giant lake and first of all to reach, in fact as daunting an expedition as nobody attempted since the late adventurous explorer John Speakes...
Director:
John Huston
Writers:
C.S. Forester (novel), James Agee (adapted for the screen by), and 3 more credits
Stars:
Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn and Robert Morley | See full cast and crew
Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn and Robert Morley | See full cast and crew
Complete credited cast:
Humphrey Bogart ... Charlie Allnut
Katharine Hepburn ... Rose Sayer
Robert Morley ... The Brother / Rev. Samuel Sayer
Peter Bull ... Captain of Louisa
Theodore Bikel ... First Officer
Walter Gotell ... Second Officer
Peter Swanwick ... First Officer of Shona
Richard Marner ... Second Officer of Shona
Plot Keywords:
German | Steamboat | Mission | Swamp | Missionary
Taglines:
The greatest adventure a man ever lived...with a woman!
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Romance | Thriller
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Details
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English | German | Swahili
Release Date:
20 February 1952 (USA)
Also Known As:
African Queen
Filming Locations:
Africa
Company Credits
Production Co:
Romulus Films, Horizon Pictures
Technical Specs
Runtime:
105 min
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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