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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"]

Directed byArnold Laven, Don Weis

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 32m
Language
EN
Released
November 17, 1980
Studios
20th Century Fox Television

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Ron Harper

Ron Harper

Alan Virdon

James Naughton

James Naughton

Pete Burke

Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowall

Galen

Royal Dano

Royal Dano

Farrow

Woodrow Parfrey

Woodrow Parfrey

Veska

Norman Alden

Norman Alden

Zako

John Milford

John Milford

Miller

Mark Lenard

Mark Lenard

Urko

Booth Colman

Booth Colman

Zaius

Biff Elliot

Biff Elliot

Ullman

Creative team
Directed by
Arnold Laven
Arnold Laven
Don Weis
Don Weis
Written by
Edward J. Lakso
Art Wallace
Produced by
Stanley Hough

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