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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.
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.
White Hunter Black Heart is a 1990 American adventure drama film produced, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.It is based on the 1953 book of the same name written by Peter Viertel, who cowrote the screenplay with James Bridges and Burt Kennedy.
Never Take No for an Answer: Maurice Cloche, Ralph Smart: Denis O'Dea, Nerio Bernardi, Clelia Matania: Drama: Co-production with Italy Night Was Our Friend: Michael Anderson: Elizabeth Sellars, Michael Gough, Ronald Howard: Drama: Night Without Stars: Anthony Pelissier: David Farrar, Nadia Gray, Maurice Teynac: Crime: No Highway in the Sky ...
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
Kahn took inspiration from romantic films set in Africa, such as The African Queen (1951), Out of Africa (1985), and The English Patient (1996). [79] The video's narrative focuses on an affair between a classical Hollywood actress (Swift) and her male co-star (Scott Eastwood) who shoot a film in 1950s Africa.
The novel was adapted into a 1969 film, True Grit, and from that a 1975 sequel entitled Rooster Cogburn was also produced, with Katharine Hepburn and a script loosely based on The African Queen set in the American frontier.