Revealing mistake: When the boat is supposedly surrounded by a swarm of flies, they're really just relatively few flies trapped between two panes of glass in front of the camera lens. Evidence: whenever the camera moves, the "swarm" moves with it against the background, and you can even see some of the insects walking on the surface of the glass.
The African Queen (1951)
Plot summary
Directed by: John Huston
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull
Hepburn is a shrill missionary, Bogart is a crude sailor-type. The Germans come and kill everybody but Hepburn and Bogart get away on his boat. Then they have to try to get past the German ship.
More mistakes in The African Queen
Rose Sayer: Dear Lord, We've come to the end of our journey, and in a little while we'll stand before you. I pray for you to be merciful. Judge us not for our weaknesses, but for our love and open the doors of heaven for Charlie and me.
Trivia: Humphrey Bogart won his only Oscar for his performance as Charlie Allnut in this film.
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