Which characters did Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn play in The African Queen?

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

In the 1951 film The African Queen, directed by John Huston, the lead characters were played by:

Humphrey Bogart as Charlie Allnut, a slovenly, gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain.1
Katharine Hepburn as Rose Sayer, a prim, psalm-singing British missionary.1

The film follows this mismatched pair as they navigate the river in German East Africa during World War I, eventually developing a mutual admiration and love for one another while attempting to sabotage a German warship.1