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Battle for the Planet of the Apes
The final chapter in the incredible Apes saga. The most suspenseful showdown ever filmed as two civilizations battle for the right to inherit what's left of the earth!
( Action / Sci-Fi )


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MPAA Rating:
G

US Runtime: 93 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Jun 15, 1973   [USA]
 
Director: J. Lee Thompson   [Director]
 
Writers: Pierre Boulle   [Characters]
John William Corrington   [Screenplay]
Joyce Hooper Corrington   [Screenplay]
Paul Dehn   [Story]
 
Producers: Jr. Frank Capra   [Associate Producer]
Arthur P. Jacobs   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Richard H. Kline   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: John C. Horger   [Editor]
Alan Jaggs   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Leonard Rosenman   [Original Music Composer]
 
Costume Design: Morton Haack   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Ross Brown   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: 20th Century Fox   (US)
Apjac International
 


Plot Summary:

    Ten years after a worldwide series of ape revolutions and a brutal nuclear war among humans, Caesar must protect survivors of both species from an insidious human cult and a militant ape faction alike.

Cast:

Roddy McDowall
Caesar
Natalie Trundy
Lisa
Austin Stoker
MacDonald
Severn Darden
Kolp
Claude Akins
Aldo
Paul Williams
Virgil
Richard Eastham
Mutant
Lew Ayres
Mandemus
Bobby Porter
Cornelius II
 
Noah Keen
Teacher
France Nuyen
Alma
Paul Stevens
Mendez
Heather Lowe
Doctor
Michael Stearns
Jake
Cal Wilson
Soldier
Colleen Camp
Julie
John Huston
The Lawgiver
John Landis
Jake's Friend
 
 

Stunt Crew:


Craig R. Baxley
Stunts
Lightning Bear
Stunts
Richard E. Butler
Stunts
Mickey Caruso
Stunts
Roydon Clark
Stunts
Erik Cord
Stunts
Paula Crist
Stunts
Nick Dimitri
Stunts
Bennie E. Dobbins
Stunts
Russ Dodson
Stunts
Larry Duran
Stunts
Dick Durock
Stunts
Orwin C. Harvey
Stunts
Eddie Hice
Stunts
Larry Holt
Stunts
Whitey Hughes
Stunts
Hubie Kerns Jr.
Stunts
Denver Mattson
Stunts
 
Troy Melton
Stunts
Regina Parton
Stunts
Regis Parton
Stunts
Victor Paul
Stunts
Allen Pinson
Stunts
Robert Prohaska
Stunts
Glenn Randall Jr.
Stunts
Ernest Robinson
Stunts
Thomas Rosales Jr.
Stunts
Wally Rose
Stunts
Alex Sharp
Stunts
Felix Silla
Stunts
Eddie Smith
Stunts
Paul Stader
Stunt Coordinator
Richard Washington
Stunts
Chuck Waters
Stunts
Fred Waugh
Stunts
Jesse Wayne
Stunts
 
 

Sound Crew:


Don J. Bassman
Sound
 
Herman Lewis
Sound
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Gerald Endler
Mechanical Designer
 
 

Art Department:


Robert De Vestel
Set Decoration
 
 

Directing Crew:


Ric Rondell
Assistant Director
 
Barry Stern
Second Assistant Director
 
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Alan Goldenhar
Gaffer
 
 

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