Back to the Planet of the Apes 1980

They're taking over.

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Action Thriller Adventure Science Fiction TV 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"]

Release Date 1980-11-17
Runtime 1h 32m
Directors Don Weis, Arnold Laven, Gerald Perry Finnerman, Bill Derwin
Producers Herbert Hirschman, Stanley Hough
Writers Edward J. Lakso, Pierre Boulle, Art Wallace, Howard Dimsdale, Joe Ruby, Ken Spears