FilmSkool — a free film school
The African Queen
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.
1952 · Directed by John Huston · 105 min · Romance · Adventure · Drama · 18 frames
Tagline
The greatest adventure a man ever lived… with a woman!
Crew
- Screenplay: James Agee, John Huston
- Cinematography: Jack Cardiff
- Edited by: Ralph Kemplen
- Music: Allan Gray
- Produced by: Sam Spiegel, John Woolf
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
- Peter Swanwick as First Officer of Shona
- Richard Marner as Second Officer of Shona
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English, Swahili, German
- Studios: Romulus Films, Horizon Pictures
- Budget: $1,000,000
- Box office: $10,750,000
- Themes: world war i, faith, africa, missionary, boat, river, hope, patriotism, hippopotamus, giraffe
Own the film
FilmSkool earns a small commission from qualifying Amazon purchases, at no cost to you.
More by John Huston
On this film
This is the plain index, shown because JavaScript is off. Every lesson here is a free video published by the channel credited on it and plays through that channel's own embed — FilmSkool hosts nothing.