The African Queen
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.
| The African Queen | |
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| Directed by | John Huston |
| Produced by | Sam Spiegel John Woolf (uncredited) |
| Screenplay by | John Huston James Agee |
| Based on | The African Queen by C. S. Forester |
| Starring | Humphrey Bogart Katharine Hepburn Robert Morley |
| Music by | Allan Gray |
| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff |
| Edited by | Ralph Kemplen |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (US) Independent Film Distributors (UK) |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1 million[2] |
| Box office | $10,750,000[3] |
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
- ↑ Company Information. movies.nytimes.com. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/1159/The-African-Queen/credits. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
- ↑ Rudy Behlmer, Behind the Scenes, Samuel French, 1990 p 239
- ↑ Box Office Information for The African Queen. The Numbers. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
