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The African Queen is a 1951 adventure film adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by C. S. Forester. [5] The film was directed by John Huston and produced by Sam Spiegel and John Woolf . [ 6 ]
In August/September 1914, Rose Sayer, a 33-year-old British woman, is the companion and housekeeper of her brother Samuel, a Methodist missionary in German East Africa. [N 1] World War I has begun, and the German Schutztruppe commander of the area has conscripted all the natives; the village is deserted, and only Rose and her brother, who is dying, remain.
The 9th Golden Globe Awards also honored the best films of 1951. That year's Golden Globes also marked the first time that the Best Picture category was split into Musical or Comedy, or Drama. A Place in the Sun won Best Motion Picture - Drama, while An American in Paris won Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.
James Rufus Agee (/ ˈ eɪ dʒ iː / AY-jee; November 27, 1909 – May 16, 1955) was an American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic.In the 1940s, writing for Time, he was one of the most influential film critics in the United States.
The African Queen, a 1935 novel by C. S. Forester The African Queen (film) , a 1951 film adaptation starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn The African Queen (1977 film) , a television film starring Warren Oates and Mariette Hartley
Title Director Cast Genre Notes The Adventurers: David MacDonald: Jack Hawkins, Peter Hammond, Dennis Price: Adventure: The African Queen: John Huston: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley
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Many detective shows routinely use flashback in the last act to illustrate the detective's reconstruction of the culprit's plot, e.g. Murder, She Wrote, Banacek, Columbo. The television show Leverage uses a flashback at the end of each episode to show how the protagonists successfully carried out their confidence trick on the episode's antagonist.