Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1980)
TV MovieThrillerAdventureScience Fiction
When the astronauts Burke and Virdon, with their chimp companion Galen, are captured in a fishing village that employs human slave labor, they must prove their worth as fishermen or be sacrificed to the 'gods of the sea,' or what the men call sharks. Escaping from the forced labor camp, the trio become involved in a plot to develop a glider to drop a fragmentation bomb on the gorilla council. [The fifth of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "Tomorrow's Tide" and "Up Above the World So High"]
Directors: John Meredyth Lucas, Don McDougall.
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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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Roscoe Lee Browne as Hurton |
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Mark Lenard as Urko |
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Booth Colman as Zaius |
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Martin E. Brooks as Konag |
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Frank Aletter as Leuric |
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Kathleen Bracken as Soma |
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John McLiam as Gahto |
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Jay Robinson as Bandor |
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Jim Storm as Romar |
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Joanna Barnes as Carsia |
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William Beckley as Coucil Orang |
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Eldon Burke as Second Trooper |
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Larry Ellis as Drayman #2 |
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Frank Orsatti as Human |
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Ron Stein as Gorilla Guard |
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Glenn R. Wilder as Human Driver |
| Production | Stanley Hough | Producer |
| Sound | Earle Hagen | Music |
| Directing | John Meredyth Lucas | Director |
| Writing | Arthur Browne Jr. | Writer |
| Directing | Don McDougall | Director |
| Writing | Robert W. Lenski | Writer |
| Production | Marvin Paige | Casting |
| Writing | Howard Dimsdale | Story Consultant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stan Winston | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Production | Herbert Hirschman | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Gerald Perry Finnerman | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Ken Spears | Story Consultant |
| Editing | J. Frank O'Neill | Editor |
| Crew | Anthony Wilson | Creator |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Chambers | Makeup Designer |
| Art | Stuart A. Reiss | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Joe Ruby | Story Consultant |
| Art | Archie J. Bacon | Art Direction |
| Directing | Gilbert Mandelik | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Joseph Silver | Post Production Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Daniel C. Striepeke | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fred C. Blau Jr. | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Daniel C. Striepeke | Hairstylist |
| Writing | Pierre Boulle | Characters |