# African Queen (1952)

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**Original title**: *The African Queen*
**Runtime**: 105 min
**Genres**: Romance, Adventure, Drama
**Directed by**: John Huston
**Written by**: John Huston, James Agee
**Starring**: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull, Theodore Bikel, Walter Gotell

> *The greatest adventure a man ever lived… with a woman!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

War breaks out in a rather inconvenient location. A boozy riverboat captain is convinced by a missionary to take on a German warship. This unlikely duo somehow makes it work.

**Mood tags**: cozy, tender, uplifting

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