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Back to the Planet of the Apes

6.019801h 32mMovieActionThrillerAdventure

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…

DirectorsArnold Laven·Don Weis
WritersEdward J. Lakso·Art Wallace
ProducersHerbert Hirschman·Stanley Hough

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Cast · Directed by Arnold Laven

RHRon Harper
Ron Harper
Alan Virdon
JNJames Naughton
James Naughton
Pete Burke
RMRoddy McDowall
Roddy McDowall
Galen
RDRoyal Dano
Royal Dano
Farrow
WPWoodrow Parfrey
Woodrow Parfrey
Veska
NANorman Alden
Norman Alden
Zako
JMJohn Milford
John Milford
Miller
MLMark Lenard
Mark Lenard
Urko
BCBooth Colman
Booth Colman
Zaius
BEBiff Elliot
Biff Elliot
Ullman
BP
Bobby Porter
Arno
JTJerome Thor
Jerome Thor
Proto

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