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    Back to the Planet of the Apes

    Back to the Planet of the Apes

    "They're taking over."

    1980

    1:32:25

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    Back to the Planet of the Apes

    Genre

    Action
    Thriller
    Adventure
    Science Fiction
    TV Movie

    Plot

    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"]

    Director

    Don Weis

    Writers

    Howard Dimsdale, Joe Ruby, Ken Spears, Pierre Boulle, Edward J. Lakso,

    Stars

    Ron Harper, James Naughton, Roddy McDowall, Royal Dano, Woodrow Parfrey,