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Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971 · Film · 98 min

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  • Science Fiction

Plot

The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.

About Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Escape from the Planet of the Apes is a 1971 American science fiction film directed by Don Taylor and written by Paul Dehn. The film is the sequel to Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) and the third installment in the original Planet of the Apes film series. It stars Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, Eric Braeden, Sal Mineo, and Ricardo Montalbán. In the film, Cornelius (McDowall) and Zira (Hunter) flee back through time to 20th-century Los Angeles, where they face fear and persecution. Escape from the Planet of the Apes was released in the United States on May 26, 1971, by 20th Century-Fox. The film received a mainly positive response from critics and is generally considered the best sequel of the original Apes series. Escape was followed by Conquest of the Planet of the Apes in 1972.

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Cast

  • Roddy McDowallCornelius
  • Kim HunterDr. Zira
  • Bradford DillmanDr. Lewis Dixon
  • Natalie TrundyDr. Stephanie 'Stevie' Branton
  • Eric BraedenDr. Otto Hasslein
  • William WindomThe President
  • Sal MineoDr. Milo
  • Albert SalmiE-1
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