Back to the Planet of the Apes (1980)
ActionThrillerAdventureScience FictionTV Movie
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"]
Directors: Arnold Laven, Don Weis.
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Ron Harper as Alan Virdon |
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James Naughton as Pete Burke |
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Roddy McDowall as Galen |
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Royal Dano as Farrow |
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Woodrow Parfrey as Veska |
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Norman Alden as Zako |
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John Milford as Miller |
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Mark Lenard as Urko |
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Booth Colman as Zaius |
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Biff Elliot as Ullman |
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Bobby Porter as Arno |
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Jerome Thor as Proto |
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William Beckley as Grundig |
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Alvin Hammer as Man |
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Cindy Eilbacher as Lisa Miller |
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Mickey LeClair as Jick Miller |
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Wallace Earl as Mary Miller |
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Gail Bonney as Old Woman |
| Camera | Gerald Perry Finnerman | Director of Photography |
| Art | Archie J. Bacon | Art Direction |
| Production | Richard Glassman | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Stuart A. Reiss | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Daniel C. Striepeke | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Howard Dimsdale | Story Consultant |
| Writing | Joe Ruby | Story Consultant |
| Editing | Axel Hubert Sr. | Editor |
| Sound | Lionel Newman | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Leonard A. Engel | Supervising Music Editor |
| Crew | Joseph Silver | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Marvin Paige | Casting |
| Crew | Ernest Robinson | Stunts |
| Crew | Hubie Kerns Jr. | Stunts |
| Writing | Ken Spears | Story Consultant |
| Directing | Bill Derwin | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Lalo Schifrin | Theme Song Performance |
| Editing | J. Frank O'Neill | Editor |
| Directing | Arnold Laven | Director |
| Directing | Don Weis | Director |
| Production | Herbert Hirschman | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Edward J. Lakso | Writer |
| Production | Stanley Hough | Producer |
| Writing | Pierre Boulle | Characters |
| Sound | Richard LaSalle | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Art Wallace | Writer |
