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