The African Queen poster
Director John Huston
Screenplay John Huston, James Agee

The African Queen

Tagline: The greatest adventure a man ever lived… with a woman!

Release Date: 1952-01-07

Duration: 105 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Humphrey Bogart
    Charlie Allnut
  • Richard Marner
    Second Officer of Shona
  • Walter Gotell
    Second Officer
  • Katharine Hepburn
    Rose Sayer
  • Theodore Bikel
    First Officer
  • Robert Morley
    The Brother
  • Peter Swanwick
    First Officer of Shona
  • Peter Bull
    Captain of Louisa