

Back to the Planet of the Apes
1980 · Movie · 1h 32m
ActionThrillerAdventureScience FictionMade-for-TV
"They're taking over."
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"]
Ratings
IMDb
5.3/10
Key crew
- Arnold LavenDirector
- Don WeisDirector
- Edward J. LaksoWriter
- Richard LaSalleOriginal Music Composer
- Art WallaceWriter
Cast
- Ron HarperAlan Virdon
- James NaughtonPete Burke
- Roddy McDowallGalen
- Royal DanoFarrow
- Woodrow ParfreyVeska
- Norman AldenZako
- John MilfordMiller
- Mark LenardUrko
- Booth ColmanZaius
- Biff ElliotUllman
- Bobby PorterArno
- Jerome ThorProto
Stills
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Themes
post-apocalyptic future























