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Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
Human guinea pig?
When fugitive human astronaut Virdon is shot, his chimp companion Galen must charm an old flame into accepting that a book on human surgery is no hoax. Meanwhile, their friend Burke is captured by the ape authorities and is to be brainwashed by a brilliant ape scientist named Wanda. [The fourth of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "The Surgeon" and "The Interrogation"]
Cast
- Ron Harper as Alan Virdon
- James Naughton as Pete Burke
- Roddy McDowall as Galen
- Jacqueline Scott as Kira
- Martin E. Brooks as Leander
- Norman Burton as Yalu
- Booth Colman as Zaius
- Mark Lenard as Urko
- Phillip Montgomery as Jordo
- David Naughton as Dr. Stole
- Michael Strong as Travin
- Jamie Smith-Jackson as Girl / Arna
Details
- Director
- Alf Kjellin and Arnold Laven
- Released
- November 20, 1980
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- TV Movie, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox Television
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.3 / 10 from 13 votes
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