Way Back Wednesday Film: African Queen

The African Queen tells the timeless tale of two mismatched strangers joining forces in a common cause – and finding love along the way.

After religious spinster’s (Katharine Hepburn) missionary brother is killed in WWI Africa, dissolute steamer captain (Humphrey Bogart) offers her safe passage. She’s not satisfied so she persuades him to destroy a German gunboat. The two spend most of their time fighting with each other rather than the Germans. Time alone on the river leads to love.