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

11/20/1980 (US) • 1h 33m

TV Movie, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

Human guinea pig?

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"]


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

post-apocalyptic future

surgeon

ape

ape man

ape woman

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