Movie review - "The African Queen" (1951) *****

Deservedly beloved classic with two stars in fine form - though really I think a lot of other stars could have played the part (even Cary Grant made a believable bum in Father Goose). Maybe that's unfair; it's hard to imagine anyone more apt than Katie Hepburn in particular. I love how she goes about killing Germans in the same no-nonsense way she looked after her flock. The film improves on the novel by having them take on the Germans at the end and cleverly winning.