Movie Title: The African Queen
Year: 1951
Writer: C.S. Forester (novel), James Agee & John Huston (adapted for screen)
Director: John Huston
| Actor | Character |
| Humphrey Bogart | Charlie Allnutt |
| Katharine Hepburn | Rose Sayer |
| Robert Morley | Rev. Samuel Sayer |
| Peter Bull | Captain of the Louisa |
Synopsis: Rose Sayer is an uptight woman living in Africa with her missionary brother. When WWI begins and her brother dies, she has no choice but to leave via the rundown riverboat ‘The African Queen’ owned and operated by the grumpy Charlie Allnut. Together, they head for the coast but, on the way, Rose attempts to convince Charlie to help her attack a German warship that’s in the vicinity. Oh, and they fall in love, duh.
Notes:
- John Huston: The Maltese Falcon, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Beat the Devil, etc. (very successful writer/director)
- Filmed on location (Congo, Uganda) and on set in London
- Lauren Bacall accompanied them in Africa (married to Bogart at the time)
- Bogart won his only Oscar for it
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