Clint Eastwood directs himself, Jeff Fahey and Charlotte Cornwell in this period adventure based on a true story where John Huston delayed and exploited The African Queen’s on-location shoot to hunt an elephant (thinly fictionalised).

An amusing anecdote told with an epic sweep. Though it takes potshots at colonialism and Hollywood hypocrisy, it is hard to see who it is really for. Perhaps Clint relished playing someone whose monstrous flaws are human, whose weaknesses are apparent. Definitely one for him rather the studio or his fanbase but a fine enough single use movie in its own right.

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Perfect Double Bill: The African Queen (1951)

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