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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 ]
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 .
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.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 94% of 276 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The website's consensus reads: "All hail Viola Davis! The Woman King rules." [43] On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 76 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [44]
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.
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
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Agee's career as a movie scriptwriter was curtailed by his alcoholism. Nevertheless, he is one of the credited screenwriters on two of the most respected films of the 1950s: The African Queen (1951) and The Night of the Hunter (1955). His contribution to Hunter is shrouded in controversy.