The African Queen (1977 film)

The African Queen is a television film which aired on CBS on March 18, 1977. It stars Warren Oates as Captain Charlie Allnut and Mariette Hartley as Rose Sayer, roles originated by Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in the 1951 film of the same name.^[2]

The African Queen

Adventure^[1]

The African Queen
1935 novel
by C. S. Forester

Irving Gaynor Neiman

Richard C. Sarafian

John Murtaugh

United States

English

Mark Carliner

Len Kaufman

Everglades

James Pergola

50 minutes

CBS

March 18, 1977 (1977-03-18)

Plot summary[edit]

Rather than being a remake, the plot continues after the events of the original story, with Allnut and Sayer being recaptured by the Germans and forced to transport a 75mm cannon.^[3]

as Capt. Charlie Allnut

Warren Oates

as Rose Sayer

Mariette Hartley

as Kaninu

Tyrone Jackson

as Major Strauss

Alfred Polsen

as Lt. Biedemeyer

Wolf Roth

as Pvt. Heinke

Frank Schuller

as Jogana

Johnny Sekka

as Sgt. Abuttu

Clarence Thomas

as African Villager (uncredited)

Raymond Forchion

Reception[edit]

Television critic Cecil Smith described the film's concept as "maybe the silliest in the history of the medium." Variety opined that the leads "Both turn in pro jobs but are necessarily haunted by their predecessors."^[2]

Though intended to be a pilot for a television series, it received disappointing ratings and was not picked up.^[2]^[4]

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The African Queen (1977 film)