Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes (1980)

  • NR
  • 11/20/1980 (US)
  • TV Movie, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
  • 1h 33m

Human guinea pig?

Overview

When fugitive human astronaut Virdon is shot, his chimp companion Galen must charm an old flame into accepting that a book on human surgery is no hoax. Meanwhile, their friend Burke is captured by the ape authorities and is to be brainwashed by a brilliant ape scientist named Wanda. [The fourth of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "The Surgeon" and "The Interrogation"]

Alf Kjellin

Director

Arnold Laven

Director

Pierre Boulle

Characters

Richard Collins

Writer

Barry Oringer

Writer

Cast

Ron Harper's headshot

Ron Harper

Alan Virdon
James Naughton's headshot

James Naughton

Pete Burke
Roddy McDowall's headshot

Roddy McDowall

Galen
Jacqueline Scott's headshot

Jacqueline Scott

Kira
Martin E. Brooks's headshot

Martin E. Brooks

Leander
Norman Burton's headshot

Norman Burton

Yalu
Booth Colman's headshot

Booth Colman

Zaius
Mark Lenard's headshot

Mark Lenard

Urko

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