The African Queen (film)
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| Directed by | John Huston |
| Screenplay by | James Agee John Huston |
| Based on | The African Queen 1935 novel by C. S. Forester |
| Produced by | Sam Spiegel |
| Starring | Humphrey Bogart Katharine Hepburn Robert Morley Peter Bull Theodore Bikel Walter Gotell Peter Swanwick Richard Marner |
| 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 |
| Box office | $10.75 million |
The African Queen is a 1951 adventure film adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by C. S. Forester. The film 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 (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.
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."