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The African Queen

1951

John Huston

Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull ...

7.9

34,046

Adventure. Romance Based on the 1935 novel by C.S. Forester. The boozing, smoking, cussing captain of a tramp steamer, Charlie Allnut (Bogart), saves prim, sober, and proper missionary Rose Sayer (Hepburn), "a crazy psalm-singing skinny old maid," after her brother (Morley) is assaulted by a German soldier at the beginning of World War I in German East Africa, and dies from insanity. After many quarrels, they survive a treacherous African river journey on ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Things happen on the screen that makes you happy. You get involved (...) The many scenes Bogie and Kate play together are superb"	POS
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"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"	POS
United States	The Hollywood Reporter	"'Bogie' gives the performance of his career (...) 'The African Queen' is top flight entertainment, delightful, different, always interesting. It is filled with excitement and adventure"	POS
United States	Matthew Connolly Slant	"That Bogart finds so much humor in Charlie’s goofball debasement only adds to its poignancy (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	William Brogdon Variety	"An engrossing motion picture. Just offbeat enough in story, locale and star teaming of Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn to stimulate the imagination."	POS
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"Hollywood classics don’t get much more classic or Hollywood than 'The African Queen'"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A ripping, gripping yarn, a surprisingly erotic love story (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"Grand, propulsive (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"A perfect ensemble of cast, photography and screenplay are all subtly handled through Huston's direction, bringing out Bogart and Hepburn's performances beautifully (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"A unique screen chemistry, and a gentle humour (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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