The African Queen

violence

A person is struck in the face with a rifle butt and is seen with a subsequent bruise on his face. In the following scene, the victim becomes delirious and dies. In another scene, a person is struck on the face in masked fashion. There is also a brief shoot out when two characters are attacked by enemy fire.

threat and horror

Two characters are prepared for execution by hanging, with nooses placed around their necks; however, the hanging is interrupted by an explosion and the characters escape. A boat encounters a storm at sea and subsequently sinks, but the boat's two occupants survive the ordeal. A character emerges from a river covered in leeches; he is rapidly treated and the leeches are removed from his body, leaving him with a small cut to his torso. Soldiers herd people out of their village before burning it to the ground.

There are occasional scenes of cigar smoking. A character drinks alcohol to excess and becomes drunk. However, he subsequently suffers a bad hangover.

Contains moderate threat and violence

Classified Date:

18/01/2011

Version:

2D

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Park Circus Limited

violence

A man is struck in the face with a rifle butt and is seen with a subsequent bruise on his face. In another scene, two characters are seen being prepared for execution by hanging with nooses placed around their necks. There is also a brief shoot out when two characters are attacked by enemy fire.

There are occasional scenes of cigar smoking.

Contains moderate threat and violence

Classified Date:

19/05/2006

Version:

2D

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

BFI (UK Wide)

Classified Date:

03/12/1951

Version:

2D

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Romulus Films Ltd

mild threat, violence

Classified Date:

03/07/2024

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Studio Canal

violence

A person is struck in the face with a rifle butt and is seen with a subsequent bruise on his face. In the following scene, the victim becomes delirious and dies. In another scene, a person is struck on the face in masked fashion. There is also a brief shoot out when two characters are attacked by enemy fire.

threat and horror

Two characters are prepared for execution by hanging, with nooses placed around their necks; however, the hanging is interrupted by an explosion and the characters escape. A boat encounters a storm at sea and subsequently sinks, but the boat's two occupants survive the ordeal. A character emerges from a river covered in leeches; he is rapidly treated and the leeches are removed from his body, leaving him with a small cut to his torso. Soldiers herd people out of their village before burning it to the ground.

There are occasional scenes of cigar smoking. A character drinks alcohol to excess and becomes drunk. However, he subsequently suffers a bad hangover.

Classified Date:

10/07/2001

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Carlton Video Ltd

Classified Date:

26/06/1987

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

CBS/Fox Video Ltd

Classified Date:

19/04/2001

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Carlton Video Ltd

Classified Date:

06/01/1994

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Fox Video Ltd

Classified date

03/07/2024
Language

English

Director(s)

John Huston

Production Year

1950

Genre(s)

Drama, Romance

Approx. running minutes

105m

Cast

Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley