Charlie Allnut
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Samuel Sayer and his sister Rose are British missionaries in German East Africa in August 1914. Their post and supplies are delivered by a small steamboat named the African Queen, helmed by the rough-and-ready Canadian mechanic Charlie Allnut, whose coarse behavior they stiffly tolerate.
With Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull. In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.
- (85K)
- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- John Huston
- 1952-03-21
From 1951 starring Humphrey Bogart & Katharine Hepburn. Both at the height of their careers and acting abilities, delivering in this film the Best Actor Oscar Performance of the year. An ...
- 114 min
- 38.7K
- crucial classics movie reactions
At the start of World War 1, Charlie Allnut is using his old steamer, The African Queen, to ferry supplies to villages in East Africa. When the Rev. Samual Sayer dies, Charlie (Humphrey...
- 3 min
- 230.5K
- Monica Susilo
86% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings. After religious spinster's (Katharine Hepburn) missionary brother is killed in WWI Africa, dissolute steamer captain (Humphrey Bogart) offers her safe passage...
- (52)
- John Huston
- PG
- Humphrey Bogart
The African Queen, American adventure film, released in 1951, that was based on C.S. Forester’s 1935 novel of the same name. The film is especially noted for Humphrey Bogart’s performance, which earned him the only Academy Award of his career.
Why THE AFRICAN QUEEN is Essential Shot on location in the Belgian Congo in deepest Africa, The African Queen was a true original and had everything one could want in a movie: romance, adventure, humor, drama, spectacular locations and two Hollywood icons in the leads.
