The African Queen
Year:
1951
Production Country:
Great Britain / USA
Story of the sister of a missionary and a heavy-drinking engineer in Africa during the First World War, who are forced to escape from the Germans down the river in an old boat and conceive a plan to improvise torpedos to attach to the boat in order to attack a German gun-boat in a lake at the river's end.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Charlie Allnutt Humphrey Bogart
- Rose Sayer Katharine Hepburn
- Reverend Samuel Sayer, 'the brother' Robert Morley
- German captain of 'Louisa' Peter Bull
- German 1st officer of 'Louisa' Theodore Bikel
- German 2nd officer of 'Louisa' Walter Gotell
- first officer of Shona Fort Peter Swanwick
- second officer of Shona Fort Richard Marner
- petty officer of 'Louisa' Gerald Onn
- German officer John von Kotze
- German sergeant-major Harry Arbour
Credits
Direction
- Directed by John Huston
- Assistant Director Guy Hamilton
- [Assistant Director (2nd)] Albert Pearl
- [Assistant Director (3rd)] Bill Herlihy
- Continuity Angela Allen
Rights
Production
- a Romulus - Horizon picture Romulus Films
- a Romulus - Horizon picture Horizon Pictures
- Romulus presents Romulus Films
- Distribution controlled by Independent Film Distributors Ltd.
- Produced by Sam Spiegel
- [UK Unit Manager] Ernest Holding
- Production Manager Leigh Aman
- Production Manager T.S. Lyndon-haynes
- [Assistant to Production Manager] Robert Sterne
- [Location Accountant] Fred Hymns
- [Location Manager] Edward Joseph
- [Location Manager] V.B. Lyndon-haynes
- [Location Assistant] Geoffrey Innes
- [Location Assistant] Eric White
- [Production Secretary] Myfanwy Jones
- [Producer's Secretary] Jeanie Sims
- [Production Assistant] Eva Monley
- Filmed at Isleworth Studios
Casting
- [Casting Director] Joyce Knowles
Writing
- Adapted for the screen by James Agee
- Adapted for the screen by John Huston
- [Screenplay Contributions] John Collier
- Based on the novel 'The African Queen' by C.S. Forester
Photography
- Director of Photography Jack Cardiff
- Second Unit Photography Ted Scaife
- Camera Operator Ted Moore
- [Camera Operator (2nd Unit Africa)] Vernon Whitten
- [Camera Operator (2nd Unit GB)] Arthur Graham
- [Camera Technician] George Minassian
- [Assistant Camera Technician] John von Kotze
- [Clapper Loader, Studio] Desmond Davis
- [Gaffer] John Sullivan
- [Electrician] Bill Chitty
- [Electrician] Ernie Rainer
- [Camera Grip] Joe Vincent
Stills
- [Stills] Arthur Lemon
Special Effects
- Special Effects Cliff Richardson
Editing
- Editor Ralph Kemplen
- [Assistant Editor] Roy Hyde
- [Assistant Editor] Teddy Obolensky
Design
- Art Director Wilfrid Shingleton
- Assistant Art Director John Hoesli
- [Draughtsman] Don Picton
- [Draughtsman] Ron Benton
- [Scenic Artist] George Gresty
- [Property Man] Tom Friewer
- [Production Buyer] Kenneth Tate
- [Carpenter] Harry Arbour
Costumes
- Miss [Katharine] Hepburn's Costumes Designed by Doris Langley Moore
- Other Clothes by Connie De Pinna
- Wardrobe Mistress Vi Murray
- [Wardrobe Master] George Murray
Make-up
- Make-up George Frost
- Hairdresser Eileen Bates
Film processing
- Colour by Technicolor
Music
- Music Composed by Allan Gray
- [Music] Played by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- [Music] Conducted by Norman Del Mar
Sound
- Sound Recordist John Mitchell
- [Boom Operator] Kevin McClory
- Sound Editor Eric Wood
- Sound System Western Electric Noiseless Recording
Publicity
- [Publicity] Lillana Wilkie