![]() ![]() ![]() Charlie has a boat and heart enough to give her aid.īut Rose isn’t some damsel in distress. Rose finds herself all alone and in need of passage out of a dangerous area. ![]() Their worlds unite unexpectedly when German soldiers injure her brother, contributing to his death. He’s all dirt and booze, while she’s all bible verses and proper grammar. The secret to The African Queen’s enduring quality isn’t that it plays to the inevitable, but rather the way it defies expectations at nearly every other turn.Īt first glance, Charlie Allnut and Rose Sayer are an awful match. Humphrey Bogart’s surly, low-class boat captain and Katharine Hepburn’s pious spinster do bicker and they do fall in love. Inevitably, they will fall in love, probably with a lot of playful bickering thrown in for good measure. Two well-known actors share a boat for most of the film. You sit down before The African Queen with mild expectations for what you’ll get. ![]()
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