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Back to the Planet of the Apes
They're taking over.
Astronauts Pete Burke and Allan Virdon crash on Earth in the far future and are captured by the apes. The men befriend a chimp named Galen who helps them to escape. In the hopes of finding a way to get back to their own time, the astronauts search for a computer in an earthquake-threatened city, with which they will be able to access their flight records. [The first of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "Escape from Tomorrow" and "The Trap"]
Cast
- Ron Harper as Alan Virdon
- James Naughton as Pete Burke
- Roddy McDowall as Galen
- Royal Dano as Farrow
- Woodrow Parfrey as Veska
- Norman Alden as Zako
- John Milford as Miller
- Mark Lenard as Urko
- Booth Colman as Zaius
- Biff Elliot as Ullman
- Bobby Porter as Arno
- Jerome Thor as Proto
Details
- Director
- Don Weis and Arnold Laven
- Released
- November 17, 1980
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Action, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction, TV Movie
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox Television
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 6.0 / 10 from 28 votes
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