September 1914, news reaches the colony German Eastern Africa that its motherland is at war, so Reverend Samuel Sayer became a hostile foreigner; German imperial troops burn down his mission, driving him mad- shortly after his well-educated, snooty sister Rose Sayer buries him and leaves by the only available transport, the crummy river steamboat 'African Queen' of grumpy boorish compatriot Charlie Allnut. As if a long difficult journey without any comfort weren't bad enough for such odd companions, she is determined to find a way to do their bit for the British war effort (and revenge her br... other) and aims high as God is obviously on their side: construct their own equipment, a torpedo and the converted steamboat, to take out a huge German warship, the Louisa, which is hard to find on the giant lake and first of all to reach, in fact as daunting an expedition as nobody attempted since the late adventurous explorer John Speakes, but she presses till Charlie accepts to steam up the Ulana, about to brave a German fort, raging rapids, very bloodthirsty parasites and the endlessly branching stream which seems to go nowhere but impenetrable swamps... Despite fierce rows and moral antagonism between a bossy devout abstentionist and a free-spirited libertine drunk loner, the two bachelors grow closer to each-other as their quest drags on...
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Class is permanent
Hepburn and Bogart, what a combination. A classic example of the lost art of character development throughout a movie. Bereft of the usual special effects, bad language and ubiquitous nudity it showed what can be done with a very average storyline but wonderful acting by two giants of the cinema.
This is a wonderful old film
Old it may be but it's a good one; Bogey is on top form as the heavy-drinking Canadian, Charlie, and Katherine Hepburn is radiant as the initially prim Rose who warms to Charlie's charms. It is stirring and heart-warming in equal measures.
The fact that Huston's classic Bogart and Hepburn adventure was not nominated for a Best Picture Oscar (won that year by An American in Paris) remains one of the greatest award-giving snubs of all time, especially given the film's superiority to any of the others nominated that year.
As steamboat man Charlie Allnut, Bogart once again reminds us of his legendary status - this ranks alongside Casablanca and The Big Sleep as one of his most memorable screen turns - while a screen chemistry rarely seen before or since is created by a captivating Hepburn as Rose, the woman he rescues from the clutches of German troops while on a mission to East Africa during the First World W...
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