Fresh
Five minutes in, and cowriter-director John Huston has already set the stage for something besides your typical '50s jungle-bwana boogie.
David Fear, Time Out New York
The African Queen
The greatest adventure a man ever lived… with a woman!
1952 · 1h 45m · PG
Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Directed by
John Huston
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The African Queen
Overview
At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship.
Director and cast
- John Huston Director
- Humphrey Bogart as Charlie Allnut
- Katharine Hepburn as Rose Sayer
- Robert Morley as Rev. Samuel Sayer
- 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
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It is a picture with an unassuming warmth and naturalness...
William Brogdon, Variety
Fresh
The direction is often questionable, but the screenplay (by James Agee, John Collier, Huston, and Peter Viertel from C.S. Forester's novel) is a model of tight construction.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Impossible to deny this film's entertainment value...
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
And so Mr. Huston merits credit for putting this fantastic tale on a level of sly, polite kidding and generally keeping it there, while going about the happy business of engineering excitement and visual thrills.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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