Back to the Planet of the Apes (1980)

6.0/10 • 92 min • Action Thriller Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie

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"]

Cast

Ron Harper

James Naughton

Roddy McDowall

Royal Dano

Woodrow Parfrey

Norman Alden

John Milford

Mark Lenard

Booth Colman

Biff Elliot

Jerome Thor

William Beckley

Cindy Eilbacher

Wallace Earl

Gail Bonney

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