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John Huston
John Huston (left) on the set of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).
The screenplay for the 1951 film The African Queen was written by James Agee and John Huston. Additionally, John Collier and Peter Viertel contributed to the adaptation as uncredited screenwriters.12