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| Directed by | John Huston |
| Screenplay by | John Huston James Agee Peter Viertel John Collier |
| Based on | The African Queen 1935 novel by C. S. Forester |
| Produced by | Sam Spiegel John Woolf (uncredited) |
| Starring | Humphrey Bogart Katharine Hepburn Robert Morley |
| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff |
| Edited by | Ralph Kemplen |
| Music by | Allan Gray |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Countries | United States United Kingdom |
| Languages | English German Swahili |
| Budget | $1 million[3] |
| Box office | $10.75 million[4] |
The African Queen is a 1951 adventure film adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by C. S. Forester.[5] The film was directed by John Huston and produced by Sam Spiegel and John Woolf.[6] The screenplay was adapted by James Agee, John Huston, John Collier and Peter Viertel. It was photographed in Technicolor by Jack Cardiff and has a music score by Allan Gray. The film stars Humphrey Bogart (who won the Academy Award for Best Actor, his only Oscar) and Katharine Hepburn with Robert Morley, Peter Bull, Walter Gotell, Richard Marner and Theodore Bikel.[7]
The African Queen was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1994, and the Library of Congress deemed it "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."[8][9]
- ^ "Company Information". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
- ^ "The African Queen (advertisement)". Los Angeles Times: Part III, p. 8. December 23, 1951.
First world showing – Wednesday, December 26
- ^ Rudy Behlmer, Behind the Scenes, Samuel French, 1990 p. 239
- ^ Box Office Information for The African Queen. The Numbers. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
- ^ "The African Queen Let's Repatriate(1951)". Reel Classics. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ Spiegel was billed as "S.P. Eagle".
- ^ "'The African Queen' – Bogart, Hepburn and the Little Boat That Could". About.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
- ^ "25 Films Added to National Registry". The New York Times. 1994-11-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-11.