Jan 07, 1952
105 min
Full-HD

The African Queen (1952)

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.

Category

Romance Adventure Drama

Country

United Kingdom United States of America

Companies

Romulus Films Horizon Pictures

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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