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

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"]

Released

1980-11-20

Genres

TV Movie, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

Runtime

93 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Alf Kjellin, Arnold Laven

TMDB rating

7.3/10 from 13 votes