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
Geoffrey Robley Sayer almost permanently on leave when he was pressured by the home government committee report of 1937. In 1938, he retired after the collision with the Teachers Training Committee report. In 1937, Sayer published his first famous historical work, "Hong Kong, 1841–1862: Birth, Adolescence and Coming of Age". He wrote the second history, "Hong Kong, 1862 to 1919: Years of Discretion" with the edition and additional notes by D. M. Emrys Evans, which was published posthumously in 1975. He also translated two books on Chinese poetry in 1951 and 1959. Sayer played cricket throughout his time in Hong Kong in a