The African Queen plot
"The greatest adventure a man ever lived… with a woman!"
1914. Samuel Sawyer and his sister Rose lead a church in East Africa. During a German invasion, the natives are chased from their homes and Samuel is killed. Rose flees with Charlie Allnutt, an adventurer and drunk, on his boat the 'African Queen'. The two are polar opposites: she is a temperamental woman with strong convictions, he a loner who has long lost ideals and outward signs of civilization. When Rose proposes to sail down the dangerous Ulonga-Bora River where the German warship the 'Louisa' holds sway, Charlie thinks she's gone mad.