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Back to the Planet of the Apes
They're taking over.
( Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / TV Movie )


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US Runtime: 92 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Nov 17, 1980   [USA]
 
Directors: Arnold Laven   [Director]
Don Weis   [Director]
 
Writers: Pierre Boulle   [Characters]
Edward J. Lakso   [Writer]
Art Wallace   [Writer]
 
Producers: Herbert Hirschman   [Executive Producer]
Stanley Hough   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Gerald Perry Finnerman   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Axel Hubert Sr.   [Editor]
J. Frank O'Neill   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Richard LaSalle   [Original Music Composer]
 
Casting by Marvin Paige   [Casting]
 
Production Company: 20th Century Fox Television   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    This is not an original made-for-TV movie, but two episodes of the 1974 TV series Planet of the Apes (1974) edited together: Escape from Tomorrow (1974) and The Trap (1974).

Cast:

Ron Harper
Alan Virdon
James Naughton
Pete Burke
Roddy McDowall
Galen
Royal Dano
Farrow
Woodrow Parfrey
Veska
Norman Alden
Zako
John Milford
Miller
Mark Lenard
Urko
Booth Colman
Zaius
 
Biff Elliot
Ullman
Bobby Porter
Arno
Jerome Thor
Proto
William Beckley
Grundig
Alvin Hammer
Man
Cindy Eilbacher
Lisa Miller
Mickey LeClair
Jick Miller
Wallace Earl
Mary Miller
Gail Bonney
Old Woman
 
 

Stunt Crew:


Hubie Kerns Jr.
Stunts
 
Ernest Robinson
Stunts
 
 

Sound Crew:


Leonard A. Engel
Supervising Music Editor
 
 

Art Department:


Stuart A. Reiss
Set Decoration
 
 

Directing Crew:


Bill Derwin
Assistant Director
 
 

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