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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.




Plot summary


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.




Cast


Warren Oates as Capt. Charlie Allnut
Mariette Hartley as Rose Sayer
Tyrone Jackson as Kaninu
Alfred Polsen as Major Strauss
Wolf Roth as Lt. Biedemeyer
Frank Schuller as Pvt. Heinke
Johnny Sekka as Jogana
Clarence Thomas as Sgt. Abuttu
Raymond Forchion as African Villager (uncredited)




Reception


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."
Though intended to be a pilot for a television series, it received disappointing ratings and was not picked up.




References






External links


The African Queen at IMDb
The African Queen at AllMovie
The African Queen at the TCM Movie Database

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