The African Queen (1951)

7.6	Listal rating
8	IMDB rating

Directed by

John Huston

Starring (View all)

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

Written by (View all)

C.S. Forester

James Agee

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A classic

2 months ago at Mar 19 4:40

johanlefourbe

2 votes

Recently, I have seen ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’ which is arguably the best movie Humphrey Bogart and John Huston have made together. Eventually, they would make 5 movies (I don’t count ‘In This Our Life' because Bogart only had a cameo) and this flick was the last one they made together. Even though it is also considered as a classic, it didn’t have much an impact on me, at leas... read more

Classic in every sense of the word.

5 years, 1 month ago at Apr 21 6:22

PvtCaboose91

1 vote

"Well I ain't sorry for you no more, ya crazy, psalm-singing, skinny old maid!"

By this time in his career, John Huston was already established as a capable filmmaker who had previously helmed such classics as The Maltese Falcon and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. And of course, Huston could only call one man to fill the title role: Humphrey Bogart. The African Queen is deservedly... read more

Underrated classic...

3 years, 3 months ago at Jan 29 0:54

SJMJ91

1 vote

The African Queen is another classic romantic film. African Queen is a beautiful romantic film whereas some other romantic classics suh as Casablanca are quite dark ones. African Queen is a really adventurous romantic experience that joins together with modern day romance and with beautiful sceneries it's untrue. It is a film that isn't just about love but bravery and courage as well. I wouldn't c... read more

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Description: The boozing, smoking, cussing captain of a tramp steamer, Charlie Allnut, saves prim and proper Rose Sayer 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, the ... (more)

Release date : 20 February 1952

Romance (15), Adventure (15), Drama (13), Classic (9), Africa (9), 1950s (9), 1951 (7), War (7), Oscar Winner (5), Technicolor (5), Action (4), Jungle (4), 300 Greatest Films (4), World War I (4), World War 1 (3), IMDb Top250 (3), AFI Top 100 (3), Colour (2), Best Lead Actor Oscar (2), Roadboatmovie (2)

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"Humphrey Bogart & Katherine Hepburn in a "gritty" riverboat "journey movie" set along an East African river during WW II, & portraying two individuals, each with a mindset on a completely different side of the spectrum. However, after confronting a series of obstacles during their quest, they begin the process of developing a relationship, & soon, the old romance adage of opposites attract starts to take affect as two people from two different worlds end up coming together, first for a "

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"I'll admit, I was a little bit underwhelmed. But, I think the acting in this movie is absolutely fantastic! There's basically just Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. There's like, almost nobody else at all! It was good, I liked it. "

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Frank commented on a review of The African Queen 2 months ago

I used to have a book on Bogie and it talked about how he used to drink on the set of that one, and they would tell him to stop and he would be like NO LOL

Frank voted for a review of The African Queen 2 months ago

“Recently, I have seen ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’ which is arguably the best movie Humphrey Bogart and John Huston have made together. Even”

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"john houston directs 2 of the best..bogey and hepburn. her as a missionary, him as a hard drinking, cantankerous riverboat captain. bogey got his long overdue oscar for this."

johanlefourbe commented on a review of The African Queen 2 months ago

I already knew that ;). As a matter of fact, both Humphrey Bogart and John Huston were the only one who didn't get sick because they were both constantly drunk.

Rocconeverdies voted for a review of The African Queen 2 months ago

“Recently, I have seen ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’ which is arguably the best movie Humphrey Bogart and John Huston have made together. Even”

Rocconeverdies commented on a review of The African Queen 2 months ago

Funny fact if you didn't know this but everyone who was making this film got sick from the water except Bogart who only drank whiskey.

johanlefourbe posted a review 2 months ago

A classic

“Recently, I have seen ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’ which is arguably the best movie Humphrey Bogart and John Huston have made together. Eventually, they would make 5 movies (I don’t count ‘In This Our Life' because Bogart only had a cameo) and this flick was the last one they made together. Even though it is also considered as a classic, it didn’t have much an impact on me, at least not as much as ‘The Treasure…’ which was really amazing and the best thing starring Bogart I have seen so far (I have seen only 6 of his movies though…). I mean, it was a solid and fun adventure and I had a good time watching it but there was not much depth whatsoever so it didn’t really blow me away. Still, Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn were some of the best actors of their ge” read more