The African Queen (1952)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $1,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $10,750,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 13.408 |
Directed By
John Huston
Crew
John Huston
Sam Spiegel
John Woolf
Jack Cardiff
Ralph Kemplen
Wilfred Shingleton
Connie De Pinna
Doris Langley Moore
Cliff Richardson
James Agee
John Huston
Norman del Mar
Kevin McClory
Allan Gray
John W. Mitchell
Eric Wood
George Frost
Bill Herlihy
Desmond Davis
C. S. Forester
Edward Scaife
Leigh Aman
Guy Hamilton
John Hoesli
Ted Moore
Eileen Bates
Vi Murray
Angela Allen
T.S. Lyndon-Haynes
TOP CAST
Humphrey Bogart
Charlie Allnut
Katharine Hepburn
Rose Sayer
Robert Morley
The Brother
Peter Bull
Captain of Louisa
Theodore Bikel
First Officer
Walter Gotell
Second Officer
Peter Swanwick
First Officer of Shona
Richard Marner
Second Officer of Shona
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