The African Queen
| The African Queen | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John Huston |
| Screenplay by | John Huston James Agee |
| Based on | The African Queen by C. S. Forester |
| Produced by | Sam Spiegel John Woolf (uncredited) |
| Starring | Humphrey Bogart Katharine Hepburn Robert Morley |
| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff |
| Edited by | Ralph Kemplen |
| Music by | Allan Gray |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (US) Independent Film Distributors (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Countries | United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1 million[2] |
| Box office | $10,750,000[3] |
The African Queen is a 1952 Anglo-American jungle adventure romance movie. It is based on the 1935 story The African Queen by C. S. Forester. The movie was directed by John Huston. The movie stars Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. It is set in Africa in 1914.
Bogart won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance. The movie has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, with the Library of Congress deeming it "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Company Information". movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
- ↑ Rudy Behlmer, Behind the Scenes, Samuel French, 1990 p 239
- ↑ Box Office Information for The African Queen Archived 2014-06-19 at the Wayback Machine. The Numbers. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
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Categories:
- 1952 movies
- English-language movies
- 1951 drama movies
- 1950s romance movies
- American adventure movies
- British adventure movies
- American romantic drama movies
- American war movies
- British romantic drama movies
- British war movies
- Jungle movies
- Movies set in the 1910s
- World War I movies
- Movies directed by John Huston