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The African Queen

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At the start of the first World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship.

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Director
John Huston
Date Made
1951
Country
UK, USA
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