Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes Poster

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

Human guinea pig?

Starring: Ron Harper, James Naughton, Roddy McDowall, Jacqueline Scott, Martin E. Brooks

Writer: Pierre Boulle, Barry Oringer, Richard Collins

Release Date:
November 20, 1980
Ratings:
7.4 / 10
Director:
Arnold Laven & Alf Kjellin
Companies:
20th Century Fox Television

Overview

When fugitive human astronaut Virdon is shot, his chimp companion Galen must charm an old flame into accepting that a book on human surgery is no hoax. Meanwhile, their friend Burke is captured by the ape authorities and is to be brainwashed by a brilliant ape scientist named Wanda. [The fourth of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "The Surgeon" and "The Interrogation"]