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: Don Weis, Arnold Laven.
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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 |
| Production | Richard Glassman | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Archie J. Bacon | Art Direction |
| Camera | Gerald Perry Finnerman | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Howard Dimsdale | Story Consultant |
| Sound | Lionel Newman | Music Supervisor |
| Writing | Joe Ruby | Story Consultant |
| Crew | Hubie Kerns Jr. | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Daniel C. Striepeke | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Marvin Paige | Casting |
| Crew | Joseph Silver | Post Production Supervisor |
| Writing | Ken Spears | Story Consultant |
| Editing | Axel Hubert Sr. | Editor |
| Crew | Ernest Robinson | Stunts |
| Sound | Leonard A. Engel | Supervising Music Editor |
| Art | Stuart A. Reiss | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Bill Derwin | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Don Weis | Director |
| Writing | Pierre Boulle | Characters |
| Production | Herbert Hirschman | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Arnold Laven | Director |
| Sound | Lalo Schifrin | Theme Song Performance |
| Writing | Edward J. Lakso | Writer |
| Production | Stanley Hough | Producer |
| Editing | J. Frank O'Neill | Editor |
| Sound | Richard LaSalle | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Art Wallace | Writer |
