In this classic John Huston (THE MALTESE FALCON) film, based on the novel by C. S. Forester (HORATIO HORNBLOWER), a grizzled skipper and a spirited missionary take on the Germans in Africa during World War I. Katherine Hepburn is the uptight Rose Sayer (Hepburn), with no other alternate transportation than a tired river steamboat 'The African Queen' manned by the ill-mannered bachelor, Charlie Allnut (Bogart). Together they embark on a long difficult journey. Facing raging rapids, bloodthirsty parasites and impenetrable swamps, the two grow closer to each other despite opposing personalities.