Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1980)

6.3/10 • 90 min • TV Movie Thriller Adventure Science Fiction

Overview

When the astronauts Burke and Virdon, with their chimp companion Galen, are captured in a fishing village that employs human slave labor, they must prove their worth as fishermen or be sacrificed to the 'gods of the sea,' or what the men call sharks. Escaping from the forced labor camp, the trio become involved in a plot to develop a glider to drop a fragmentation bomb on the gorilla council. [The fifth of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "Tomorrow's Tide" and "Up Above the World So High"]

Cast

Ron Harper

Alan Virdon

James Naughton

Pete Burke

Roddy McDowall

Galen

Roscoe Lee Browne

Hurton

Mark Lenard

Urko

Booth Colman

Zaius

Martin E. Brooks

Konag

Frank Aletter

Leuric

Kathleen Bracken

Soma

John McLiam

Gahto

Jay Robinson

Bandor

Jim Storm

Romar

Joanna Barnes

Carsia

William Beckley

Coucil Orang

Glenn R. Wilder

Human Driver

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