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Charlie helps Rose bury her brother and they escape in the African Queen. Charlie mentions to Rose that the British are unable to attack the Germans because of the presence of a large gunboat, the Königin Luise, patrolling a large lake downriver. Rose comes up with a plan to convert the African Queen into a torpedo boat and sink the Königin ...
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.
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
Horizon Pictures (GB) Ltd was a film production company founded in the United Kingdom by the Austrian-born American film producer Sam Spiegel and John Huston in 1947. The company produced The African Queen, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, in 1951, after which Huston left the company.
The African Queen is a television film which aired on CBS on March 18, 1977. It stars Warren Oates as Captain Charlie Allnut and Mariette Hartley as Rose Sayer, roles originated by Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in the 1951 film of the same name .
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Swanwick's film career began with bit parts in films such as The African Queen (1951), and he became a recognisable face on British TV during the mid-1960s when he featured in a number of series, including The Avengers and Danger Man where he first worked with later Prisoner star and co-creator, Patrick McGoohan. [2] [3] [4]
Peter Cecil Bull, DSC (21 March 1912 – 20 May 1984) was a British actor who appeared in supporting roles in such films as The African Queen, Tom Jones, and Dr. Strangelove. Biography [ edit ]