
Back to the Planet of the Apes
5.5/10
Release: 17/11/1980
Duration: 1h 32m

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"]
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Writers
| Story Consultant:Howard Dimsdale
| Story Consultant:Joe Ruby
| Story Consultant:Ken Spears
| Characters:Pierre Boulle
| Writer:Edward J. Lakso
| Writer:Art Wallace
Production
20th Century Fox Television