Back to the Planet of the Apes

19801h 32min

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"]

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Planet of the Apes (TV Movie) Collection(5)

Episodes of the Planet of the Apes tv series were edited together for television movies in the 80s.

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1980)

5.5

When the astronauts Burke and Virdon, with their chimp companion Galen, are captured in a fishing village that employs human slave labor, they must prove their worth as fishermen or be sacrificed to the 'gods of the sea,' or what the men call sharks. Escaping from the forced labor camp, the trio become involved in a plot to develop a glider to drop a fragmentation bomb on the gorilla council. [The fifth of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "Tomorrow's Tide" and "Up Above the World So High"]

Back to the Planet of the Apes (1980)

5.3

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

7.0

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"]

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes (1980)

7.2

Human astronauts Burke and Virdon, with their chimp companion Galen, are forced to become involved in the strange gladiatorial games of the district run by prefect Tolar. The trio escape the gorilla police and find an abandoned government research project with a computer containing a vast amount of recording information about the old human-ruled world. [The second of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "The Gladiators" and "The Legacy"]

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980)

7.1

The fugitives Burke, Virdon and Galen try to save the life of a human blacksmith and his son, whom gorilla leader Urko has threatened with death should his horse lose another race. The trio also attempt to expose a crooked gorilla by framing him in a plot to kill Urko. [The third of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "The Horse Race" and "The Tyrant"]

Back to the Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes (TV Movie) Collection(5)

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1980)

Back to the Planet of the Apes (1980)

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

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes (1980)

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980)

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Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

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Planet of the Apes (TV Movie) Collection(5)

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1980)

Back to the Planet of the Apes (1980)

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

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes (1980)

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980)