Back to the Planet of the Apes

Back to the Planet of the Apes

92 mins | Action, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction, TV Movie | Nov. 17, 1980

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 eathquake-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"]

Back to the Planet of the Apes

92 mins | Action, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction, TV Movie | Nov. 17, 1980

Back to the Planet of the Apes
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 eathquake-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"]
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers 20th Century Fox Television
Original title Back to the Planet of the Apes
Directors Bill Derwin, Don Weis, Arnold Laven
Writers Joe Ruby, Ken Spears, Art Wallace, Edward J. Lakso, Howard Dimsdale, Pierre Boulle

Cast

Ron Harper

as Alan Virdon

James Naughton

as Pete Burke

Roddy McDowall

as Galen

Royal Dano

as Farrow

Woodrow Parfrey

as Veska

Norman Alden

as Zako

John Milford

as Miller

Mark Lenard

as Urko

Booth Colman

as Zaius

Biff Elliot

as Ullman

Bobby Porter

as Arno

Jerome Thor

as Proto

William Beckley

as Grundig

Alvin Hammer

as Man

Cindy Eilbacher

as Lisa Miller

Mickey LeClair

as Jick Miller

Wallace Earl

as Mary Miller

Gail Bonney

as Old Woman