The African Queen

1952 · 105 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 86,418 VOTES · DIR. John Huston

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 980 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:06 " Bread of heaven, bread of heaven... "
00:07:53 - Who's that, dear? - Surely you remember Herbie.
00:09:57 Yeah. Yeah, looks like it.
00:15:10 Give me a call... here, in England, at home.
00:20:17 Here we are safe and sound.
00:22:35 What are these long, round, torpedo-like things?
00:24:44 There ain't two hours of daylight.
00:28:21 - What is it? - Gin, miss.
00:34:07 What are you doing?
00:38:45 Now that I've had a taste of it
00:41:28 " Was the highly interesting song that he sung
00:44:58 Do you hear me? Don't you? Don't you?
00:48:52 Come here. Fire on the ship.
00:57:32 - Charlie. - Charlie.
01:02:15 While we wait, we could clean 'er bottom, paint 'er up.
01:05:01 Well. There.
01:09:20 We got away from them. You can come out now.
01:13:20 crazy as I am!
01:21:43 Rosie. Rosie, dear.
01:25:28 It's a case of have to.
01:28:02 Oh, Rosie, it's only that I just can't bear the thought of...
01:33:39 Who's that woman?
01:35:55 She sank in the storm.
01:40:01 # The wind, it began to blow... #

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed980
Dialogue density9.3 lines / min
First line00:02:06
Final line01:40:01

Production Record

DirectorJohn Huston
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,000,000
Revenue$10,750,000
IMDb votes86,418