The African Queen (1951)
Set in German East Africa at the beginning of World War I this
magnificent comedy tells the tale of an unlikely romance between
Rose Sayer, a prim and priggish missionary (Hepburn) and Charlie
Allnut, a booze-soaked mailboat skipper (Bogart).
The adventure-filled movie has the pair bringing the old mail boat
down a river infested with leeches, reeds and rapids to pursue a
German gunboat.
Bogie picked up the Best Actor Academy Award for his portrayal
of skipper Charlie Allnut (beating Marlon Brando in A Streetcar
Named Desire). The picture brought Hepburn a fifth Oscar
nomination for her role.
Nominations also went to director John Huston and screen writer
James Agee who adapted the novel by CS Forester.
It had originally been planned for David Niven to play the role
of Charlie Allnut.
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