Back to the Planet of the Apes

Overview

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"]

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 17, 1980

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

20th Century Fox Television

Cast

Wallace Earl,Roddy McDowall,Mark Lenard,James Naughton,Royal Dano,Cindy Eilbacher,Mickey LeClair,Jerome Thor,Woodrow Parfrey,Ron Harperand 8 more

Director

Don Weis,Arnold Laven

Writer

Pierre Boulle,Ken Spears,Art Wallace,Joe Ruby,Howard Dimsdale,Edward J. Lakso

Producer

Stanley Hough,Herbert Hirschman

Cinematography

Gerald Perry Finnerman

Music

Richard LaSalle

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0071184