Back to the Planet of the Apes

Name: Back to the Planet of the Apes
Rating: 5.8

They're taking over.

Not Rated Action Thriller Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie

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

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

Release Date:
November 17, 1980

Ratings:
5.8 / 10

Director:
Don Weis & Arnold Laven

Companies:
20th Century Fox Television

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"]

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