Impossible to deny this film's entertainment value...
The African Queen (1951)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Theodore Bikel, Walter Gotell
Story: C.S. Forester
Producer: Sam Spiegel
Screenwriter: James Agee, John Huston
Composer: Allan Gray
Reviews
It is a picture with an unassuming warmth and naturalness...
The direction is often questionable, but the screenplay (by James Agee, John Collier, Huston, and Peter Viertel from C.S. Forester's novel) is a model of tight construction.
...a totally delightful and entirely engrossing romance, filled with comedy, action, and adventure.
A much ballyhooed film that has been overrated as a classic.
Bogie and Hepburn, a dynamic duo! A love story, adventure story and comedy, all rolled into one rollicking and perilous river ride. You never get tired watching it.
And so Mr. 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.
One of the best pictures of all time. Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn have remarkable chemistry, and the picture is a career highlight for each.
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