Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

90 mins | Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction, TV Movie | Nov. 21, 1980

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"]

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

90 mins | Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction, TV Movie | Nov. 21, 1980

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
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"]
IMDb rating 4.9
Producers 20th Century Fox Television
Original title Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
Directors Gilbert Mandelik, John Meredyth Lucas, Don McDougall
Writers Joe Ruby, Ken Spears, Arthur Browne Jr., Robert W. Lenski, Howard Dimsdale, Pierre Boulle

Cast

Ron Harper

as Alan Virdon

James Naughton

as Pete Burke

Roddy McDowall

as Galen

Roscoe Lee Browne

as Hurton

Mark Lenard

as Urko

Booth Colman

as Zaius

Martin E. Brooks

as Konag

Frank Aletter

as Leuric

John McLiam

as Gahto

Jay Robinson

as Bandor

Jim Storm

as Romar

Joanna Barnes

as Carsia

William Beckley

as Coucil Orang

Eldon Burke

as Second Trooper

Larry Ellis

as Drayman #2

Frank Orsatti

as Human

Ron Stein

as Gorilla Guard

Glenn R. Wilder

as Human Driver