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The African Queen(1952)
Status: Released
Date: 1952-01-07
74%
1004 Votes
Time: 1h 45m
The greatest adventure a man ever lived… with a woman!
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.
Languages: German, English, Swahili.
Countries:
United Kingdom,
United States of America
Budget: $1,000,000.00
Revenue: $10,750,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Independent Film Distributors
Romulus Films
Movie: The African Queen
Top 8 Billed 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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Anne Bancroft on THE AFRICAN QUEEN
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Humphrey Bogart Wins Best Actor: 1952 Oscars
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Sydney Pollack on Hepburn and Bogart in THE AFRICAN QUEEN
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