The African Queen

Synopsis

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.

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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

Crew

Art

• Wilfred Shingleton Art Direction
• John Hoesli Assistant Art Director

Camera

• Jack Cardiff Director of Photography
• Desmond Davis Clapper Loader
• Edward Scaife Second Unit Director of Photography
• Ted Moore Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

• Doris Langley Moore Costume Design
• Connie De Pinna Costume Design
• George Frost Makeup Artist
• Eileen Bates Hairstylist
• Vi Murray Wardrobe Master

Crew

• Cliff Richardson Special Effects

Directing

• John Huston Director
• Bill Herlihy Third Assistant Director
• Guy Hamilton Assistant Director
• Angela Allen Continuity

Editing

• Ralph Kemplen Editor

Production

• Sam Spiegel Producer
• John Woolf Producer
• T.S. Lyndon-Haynes Production Manager
• Leigh Aman Production Manager

Sound

• Norman del Mar Conductor
• Kevin McClory Boom Operator
• Allan Gray Original Music Composer
• John W. Mitchell Sound Recordist
• Eric Wood Sound Editor

Writing

• James Agee Screenplay
• John Huston Screenplay
• C. S. Forester Novel

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