The African Queen
(1951)
Directed by John
Huston this film based on the novel of the same name stars Humphrey
Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. A British spinster and a Canadian
mechanic are caught up in the start of the First World war in German
East Africa.
This is a pretty
faithful adaptation with the only real departure being that Bogart's
character is changed from a Cockney to a Canadian. As an adventure
film this is not a bad film even if some of the action sequences are
a little tame by modern standards. What the film really lacks is any
greater depth, the main romance is not really enough to hang the
whole picture on and unfortunately the film passes up the chance make
comment on either the war or colonialism.
3/5
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