Where was John Huston’s The African Queen filmed?

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John Huston John Huston (left) on the set of *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948).

John Huston’s 1951 film The African Queen was filmed on location in the Belgian Congo, Uganda, and Turkey.1

Huston insisted on shooting in these locations to achieve the film's lush visual quality, despite the challenging conditions that the cast and crew faced during production.1