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| The African Queen | |
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Hepburn and Bogart in a publicity still for the film.
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| Directed by | John Huston |
| Produced by | Sam Spiegel John Woolf (uncredited) |
| Screenplay by | John Huston James Agee |
| Starring | Humphrey Bogart Katharine Hepburn Robert Morley |
| Music by | Allan Gray |
| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff |
| Editing by | Ralph Kemplen |
| Studio | Horizon Pictures Romulus Films Ltd United Artists (US) |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (US) Independent Film Distributors (UK) |
| Release date(s) | February 20, 1952 |
| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1 million |
| Money made | $10,750,000 |
The African Queen is a 1952 Anglo-American jungle adventure romance movie. It is based on the 1935 story The African Queen by C. S. Forester. The movie was directed by John Huston. The movie stars Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. It is set in Africa in 1914.
Bogart won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance. The movie has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, with the Library of Congress deeming it "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".