The African Queen

The Film:   from Horizon Films / Romulus Productions Directed by John Huston Starring Humphrey Bogart (Charlie Allnut) Katharine Hepburn (Rose Sayer) Robert Morley (Reverend Samuel Sayer) Peter Bull (Captain of Louisa) Theodore Bikel (First Officer) Walter Gotell (Second Officer) Gerald Onn (Petty Officer) Peter Swanwick (First Officer of Shona) Richard Marner (Second Officer of Shona) Written by James Agee C.S. Forester (novel) John Huston Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart) the boozing, smoking, cussing captain of a tramp steamer saves prim and proper Rose Sayer (Katharine Hepburn) after her brother is killed by German soldiers at the beginning of World War I in Africa. Many quarrels later, the two set sail on the Ulonga-Bora in order to sabotage a German ship. Based on the 1935 novel by C.S. Forester. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Director, Best Actress--Katharine Hepburn. Awards: 1951 Academy Award® Best Actor - Humphrey Bogart Books and more: The African Queen (VHS Tape) The African Queen (DVD) Movie Posters Classic Movie Posters Search For Posters! The African Queen by Cecil Scott Forester John Huston's Filmmaking (Cambridge Studies in Film) by Lesley Brill An Open Book by John Huston Reflections in a Male Eye : John Huston and the American Experience (Smithsonian Studies in the History of Film and Television) (hardcover) by John Huston, Gaylyn Studlar, David Desser (Editor) Reflections in a Male Eye : John Huston and the American Experience (Smithsonian Studies in the History of Film and Television) (paperback) by John Huston, Gaylyn Studlar, David Desser Bogart by A. M. Sperber, Eric Lax Bogart : A Life in Hollywood by Jeffrey Meyers Bogart : In Search of My Father by Stephen Humphrey Bogart, Gary Provost, Lauren Bacall Lauren Bacall : By Myself by Lauren Bacall The Complete Films of Humphrey Bogart by Clifford McCarty, Lauren Bacall, Clifford McCarthy The Making of the African Queen or How I Went to Africa With Bogart, Bacall, and Huston and Almost Lost My Mind by Katharine Hepburn Me : Stories of My Life by Katharine Hepburn Me : Stories of My Life (audiocassette) by Katharine Hepburn  Search "The African Queen" @ Amazon.com Previous AFI 100 Film 16. All About Eve (1950) Next AFI 100 Film 18. Psycho (1960) RaveCentral Home | Top 100 Films | recent releases | coming attractions | soundtracks | features | software | feedback

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