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
Guillaume Sayer Guillaume Sayer Pierre Guillaume Sayer (October 18, 1799 – August 7, 1868) was a Métis fur trader whose trial was a turning point in the ending of the Hudson's Bay Company's (HBC) monopoly of the fur trade in North America. Pierre Guillaume's baptismal record from July 21, 1815 at Pointe-Claire,Quebec indicates that he was born October 18, 1799 and that he was "The natural son of John Sayer of the parish of Sainte Anne." Strangely, however, Pierre Guillaume’s birth year varies between 1779 and 1807 in other original sources. Sayer enlisted as a voyageur with the McTavish, McGillivray & Company