"Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put into this world to rise above."
— Rose (Katharine Hepburn) to Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart)
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 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 Peter Viertel's experiences observing Huston throughout the making of the picture.
USA Today, p.3D:
12/30/1993
"...[The film] still sparkles thanks to one of film history's all-time casting coups..."Wall Street Journal:
03/26/2010
"[A] peerless gem with a golden glow."Entertainment Weekly:
04/02/2010
"Bogart is hilariously crusty as a hard-drinking river rat who journeys downriver on a rickety steamer with a prim missionary..." — Grade: AA.V. Club:
03/24/2010
"Hollywood classics don't get much more classic or Hollywood than THE AFRICAN QUEEN..." — Grade: A-Uncut:
08/01/2010
4 stars out of 5 — "This stunning restoration makes a feature of Jack Cardiff's remarkable cinematography."Sight and Sound:
08/01/2010
"It gave Bogart an Oscar, and Katharine Hepburn a new line in prickly spinsters transformed by love....An imperishable delight..."Total Film:
06/29/2010
4 stars out of 5 — "QUEEN still plays like the most glorious triumph of faith against plausibility."
CAST
| Humphrey Bogart | Oscar winning american actor, CASABLANCA, THE AFRICAN QUEEN |
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| Katharine Hepburn | Oscar-winning American actress, ON GOLDEN POND, THE PHILADEL |
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| Theodore Bikel | Star, NAKED CITY (1960) |
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| Walter Gotell | British Character Actor |
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| Robert Morley | British Actor/Playwright |
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| Peter Bull | British Actor |
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| Richard Marner | |
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CREW
| Screenwriter | John Huston (Oscar winning American director/writer/actor) |
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| Screenwriter | James Agee (Screenwriter of "Night of the Hunter") |
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| Director of Photography | Jack Cardiff (British director of photography, director) |
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| Story | C.S. Forester (English Author, THE AFRICAN QUEEN) |
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| Composer | Allan Gray |
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| Editor | Ralph Kemplen |
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| Producer | Sam Spiegel (Producer) |
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Video: Color
Original release:
105 min
Weight factor: 1 item(s)
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105 min |
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Not Rated
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Catalog #: 4110269
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UPC: 097360759143 |
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Release Notes
Blu-ray Disc Features:
Region [unknown]
Title Notes
THE AFRICAN QUEEN was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1994.
Much of the action was filmed on location in Africa, under grueling circumstances. Katharine Hepburn wrote a book about the adventure, entitled "The Making of the African Queen, or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind".
Screenwriter Peter Viertel also wrote a book on the making of THE AFRICAN QUEEN. His effort, WHITE HUNTER, BLACK HEART, was made into a 1990 film by Clint Eastwood.
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