![]() ![]() ![]() There are so many fine things about this movie that they are hard to innumerate. Once safely aboard his beat-up riverboat "The African Queen," Allnut desires nothing more than to dodge the Germans until war's end Rose, however, determines to strike a blow against the Germans by sailing the boat downriver to attack a German battleship. Forester novel, which it follows quite closely, THE African QUEEN is the simple story of pragmatic river-rat Charlie Allnut (Bogart) and high-minded Methodist missionary spinster Rose Sayer (Hepburn) who are thrown together by chance when German troops sweep through Africa during World War I. It is hard to imagine any one in the western world, especially in the United States, who has not seen the film at least once-and probably more than once. ![]() THE African QUEEN is probably one of the most widely available films in the world, on sale in the electronics department of virtually every major retail chain, a commonplace at every rental counter, frequently seen on television.
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