---
title: 'The African Queen (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Huston'
released: '1951-12-26'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-african-queen-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043265/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The African Queen (1951)

1951 · 105 min · Drama, Romance · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The African Queen is a 1951 adventure film adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by C. S. Forester. It was directed by John Huston and produced by Sam Spiegel, and John Woolf. 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 and Katharine Hepburn with Robert Morley, Peter Bull, Walter Gotell, Richard Marner, and Theodore Bikel. 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".

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston)
- **Screenplay:** [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston), [James Agee](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-agee), [C. S. Forester](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-s-forester), [Peter Viertel](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-viertel)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Allan Gray](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-gray)
- **Producer:** [Sam Spiegel](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-spiegel), [John and James Woolf](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-and-james-woolf)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack Cardiff](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-cardiff)
- **Editor:** [Ralph Kemplen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-kemplen)

## Cast

- [Richard Marner](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-marner)
- [Peter Bull](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-bull)
- [Robert Morley](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-morley)
- [Humphrey Bogart](https://cinepixo.com/people/humphrey-bogart)
- [Theodore Bikel](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodore-bikel)
- [Errol John](https://cinepixo.com/people/errol-john)
- [Katharine Hepburn](https://cinepixo.com/people/katharine-hepburn)
- [Peter Swanwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-swanwick)
- [Walter Gotell](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-gotell)

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Official site: http://www.african-queen-movie.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-african-queen-1951
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