The African Queen
A hard‑drinking riverboat captain teams with a determined missionary to brave hostile jungles and sink a German warship before it can devastate the African front.
“The greatest adventure a man ever lived… with a woman!”
Synopsis
At the beginning of the First World War, in the remote interior of Africa, a riverboat captain who frequents gin is convinced by a determined missionary to travel downstream and confront a German warship.
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A crew of 101+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Ralph KemplenShot by Jack CardiffScored by Allan GrayCostumes by Connie De Pinna
Box Office
1952 · Box office
Produced on a $1.0M budget
Production budget
$1.0M
Also known as
- African Queende
- African Queen - Schicksal am Olanga-Flußde
- (Flemish)De Afrikaanse koningin
- L'Odyssée de l'African Queenfr
- La regina d'Africait
Release dates around the world4 countries · showhide
- United StatesDec 26, 1951
- United KingdomJan 7, 1952
- FranceMar 26, 1952
- CanadaApr 24, 1952
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Cast & Crew
101 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Humphrey Bogart
as Charlie Allnutt
Katharine Hepburn
as Rose Sayer
Robert Morley
as Rev. Samuel Sayer - The Brother
Peter Bull
as Captain of Louisa
Theodore Bikel
as First Officer
Walter Gotell
as Second Officer
Peter Swanwick
as First Officer of Shona
Richard Marner
as Second Officer of Shona
Harry Arbour
as German Sergeant Major at Kungdu
Errol John
as Undetermined Role
Joseph Layode
as African Sergeant
Gerald Onn
as Petty Officer
Supporting cast
1Directors
1Writers
5Producers
7Daphne Dentz
senior digital intermediate producer: Motion Picture Imaging (2009 restoration)
James Woolf
Producers, co-producer
Jeanie Sims
secretary to producer (uncredited)
Jesse Kobayashi
digital intermediate producer: Motiin Picture Imaging (2009 restoration)
John Woolf Nm0941153
Producers, producer
Sam Spiegel
Producer
Sam Spiegel Nm0818545
Producer, Producers
Other crew
81John Huston
adapted for the screen by
James Agee
adapted for the screen by &
Eckart Dux
Additional Voices
Wilfred Shingleton
Art Director
Bernard Coote
assistant accountant (uncredited)
John Hoesli
assistant art director
John Von Kotze
assistant camera (uncredited)
Cliff Shirpser
assistant camera: Technicolor (uncredited)
Guy Hamilton
assistant director
Roy Hyde
assistant editor (uncredited)
Ted Obolensky
assistant editor (uncredited)
Robert Sterne
assistant production manager (uncredited)
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