The African Queen (1977 film) "Variety" opined that the leads "Both turn in pro jobs but are necessarily haunted by their predecessors." Though intended to be a pilot for a television series, it received disappointing ratings and was not picked up. 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, reprising roles originated by Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in the 1951 film of the same name. Rather than being a remake, the plot continues after the events of the
Leo Sayer worked for Elvis Presley. A couple of days later he and Presley made arrangements to meet, but on the day they had scheduled for Sayer to visit Presley at Graceland, Presley died. In 1979, the compilation album "The Very Best of Leo Sayer" became Sayer's first United Kingdom #1 LP and his seventh consecutive United Kingdom Top 20 albumbut, despite his popularity there, it failed to chart in the United States. Sayer also guest starred in the second episode of the third season of "The Muppet Show", and performed "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing", "The Show Must Go On",