The African Queen

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adventure film film romantic adventure film war film

The African Queen is a classic 1951 adventure film directed by John Huston, best known for pairing Katharine Hepburn with Humphrey Bogart in a World War I–era river journey through German East Africa.

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The African Queen (novel) 1
steamboat The African Queen 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf adventure film ⓘ
film ⓘ
romantic adventure film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
academyAwardCategory Best Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ
awardWon Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
awardWonBy Humphrey Bogart ⓘ
basedOn The African Queen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The African Queen (novel)
basedOnAuthor C. S. Forester ⓘ
character Charlie Allnut ⓘ
German naval officers ⓘ
Rev. Samuel Sayer ⓘ
Rose Sayer ⓘ
cinematographyBy Jack Cardiff ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director John Huston ⓘ
distributor Romulus Films ⓘ
United Artists ⓘ
editedBy Ralph Dawson ⓘ
filmingLocation Congo River ⓘ
surface form: Congo

Isleworth Studios ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
format Technicolor ⓘ
genre adventure ⓘ
romance ⓘ
war ⓘ
hasVessel The African Queen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: steamboat The African Queen
language English ⓘ
leadActorRole Humphrey Bogart as Charlie Allnut ⓘ
Katharine Hepburn as Rose Sayer ⓘ
musicBy Allan Gray ⓘ
narrativeFocus river journey to torpedo a German gunboat ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
oscarCeremony 24th Academy Awards ⓘ
posterTagline The greatest adventure a man ever lived... with a woman! ⓘ
producer Horizon Pictures ⓘ
Sam Spiegel ⓘ
registryReason culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ⓘ
registrySelectionYear 1994 ⓘ
releaseDate 1951-12-26 ⓘ
releaseYear 1951 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 105 ⓘ
screenwriter James Agee ⓘ
John Huston ⓘ
selectedFor National Film Registry ⓘ
surface form: United States National Film Registry
settingLocation German East Africa ⓘ
Ulanga River NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingPeriod World War I ⓘ
starring Humphrey Bogart ⓘ
Katharine Hepburn ⓘ
Peter Bull ⓘ
Robert Morley ⓘ
Theodore Bikel ⓘ
title The African Queen self-link ⓘ

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John Huston → notableWork → The African Queen ⓘ
Katharine Hepburn → notableWork → The African Queen ⓘ
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