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The African Queen
1951
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. .. Read more
| Starring | Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Theodore Bikel |
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| Director | John Huston |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Romance |
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The African Queen
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 wonderful combination of Hepburn and Bogie (who won an Oscar) makes this a thoroughly enjoyable blend of comedy and adventure. Later came the book (and Clint Eastwood film) White Hunter, Black Heart, which chronicled screenwriter Peter Viertel's experiences observing Huston throughout the making of the picture.
| Starring | Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Theodore Bikel, Peter Bull, Walter Gotell, Richard Marner |
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| Director | John Huston |
| Studio | ITV STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 41 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | American Film Institute's top 100 |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Romance |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | Production year: 1951 To Rent: DVD: 16 Jul 2001 Blu-ray: 06 Sep 2010 |
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Despite some unfortunate studio sets mixed in with real African footage achieved through great hardship by all concerned, this is one of those surprising films that really work, a splendidly successful mixture of comedy, character and adventure.
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Classy......beware of leeches ?
Just in time before the Golden Age disappeared forever, this film is that cliche called a CLASSIC. It's superb, a must-see, featuring 2 of the greatest ... read more »
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Classy......beware of leeches ?
Just in time before the Golden Age disappeared forever, this film is that cliche called a CLASSIC. It's superb, a must-see, featuring 2 of the greatest ... read more »
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Excellent character led drama
It's not until about three quarters of the way into the film that you realise you have been watching two people on a boat drifting down a river and yet it ... read more »
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queen boat, kingly couple
An innocent, colourful and joyous adventure. Sixty years of age, and still shooting some good torpedoes. The acting is the finest, and the strongest. Hepburn ... read more »
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Bad movies come in all shapes and sizes. This one is a doozy, a big, sweeping national epic that cost Rupert Murdoch’s Twentieth Century Fox an arm and a leg ($130 million) and which has been hobbled by its weak US showing. Of course it’s doing nicely down under, but the real question is: what will the rest of the world make of it? And that’s a bit of a head-scratcher. Writer-director Baz Luhrmann has enjoyed a Midas touch up to now, tapping popular acclaim with his so-called Read more
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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.
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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.
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