How could your reviewer rank the 20 best films set on boats or ships (You’re gonna need a bigger boat: the 20 best films set on water – ranked!, 27 November) but miss out John Huston’s 1951 epic The African Queen? With Humphrey Bogart (who won the best actor Oscar) and Katharine Hepburn, brilliant character actors like Robert Morley and Peter Bull, a superbly explosive finale and a believable wartime love story aboard the wonderful old Queen, surely this masterpiece deserves a place in the top echelon.
Andrea Morgale
Edgware, London
• Jaws, which makes No 3 on your list, is a film with a boat in it. The African Queen, however, is one of the best films ever made that was actually set on a boat.
Sian Mabbutt
Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire
• I have a sinking feeling… No The African Queen! No Mister Roberts! No The Caine Mutiny!
Bill Geddes
Worthing, West Sussex
• You banned submarines from your list, so no Das Boot, but The Cruel Sea surely should be included.
Doug Bastin
Chester
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