Movies Unlimited says this is "Charlie Allnut's least favorite movie." I haven't been able to figure out what that means. I realize Charlie Allnut was the name of Humphrey Bogart's character in the African Queen. There is also a person with alias Charlie Allnut who writes reviews on Amazon.com, but I haven't found a review by him of this movie. Does anybody know what the reference is?
"Extremism in the pursuit of moderation is no vice."
Humphrey Bogart died before this film was made. I notice that James Coburn played Charlie Allnut in a 1962 episode of the Dick Powell Theater called "Safari." It was apparently something of a comedy. Maybe he made a reference to AOTGL in that.
"Extremism in the pursuit of moderation is no vice."
If you watch African Queen, there's a scene where Charlie is in the water, pulling the boat through a patch of reeds. When he gets back on the boat, they notice he's covered with leeches and he freaks out. So a movie about giant leeches would be his least favorite...
shareThanks. That clears it up. It's been a long time since I saw African Queen.
"Extremism in the pursuit of moderation is no vice."
Greatest Scenes in Movies, EVER : The African Queen 1951
https://youtu.be/IWFCRXbpFgs?t=2m40s
The leech scene.