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Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes (1980)
Directed by Arnold Laven, Alf Kjellin
Overview
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”]
Length 93 minutes
Actors
Ron Harper | James Naughton | Roddy McDowall | Jacqueline Scott | Martin E. Brooks | Norman Burton | Booth Colman | Mark Lenard | Phillip Montgomery | David Naughton | Michael Strong | Jamie Smith-Jackson | Harry Townes