Top billed cast

1. 

   Charlton Heston

   George Taylor

2. 

   Roddy McDowall

   Cornelius

3. 

   Kim Hunter

   Zira

4. 

   Maurice Evans

   Dr. Zaius

5. 

   James Whitmore

   President of the Assembly

6. 

   James Daly

   Dr. Honorious

7. 

   Linda Harrison

   Nova

8. 

   Robert Gunner

   Landon

9. 

   Lou Wagner

   Lucius

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Reviews

A review by tmdb29300086

Written by tmdb29300086 on 2017-02-20

*SPOILERS BELOW*

I frst saw this film on its first run on CBS. I was in junior high and a hard core sci-fi fan. I was hooked from the first scene. Written by the late great Rod Serling based on the novel by Pierre Boulle, the story is very engaging. After we are introduced to an ANSA Mission Commander named Colonel Taylor, we are treated to a roller-coaster type sequence as we see the re-entry and crash of Taylor's ship subjectively; as if we were aboard her. The abandon ship scenes are still impressive even by today's standards. It's very easy to believe we are seeing a real spacecraft cra...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$5,800,000.00

Revenue
$32,589,624.00

Keywords

• space marine
• bondage
• human evolution
• based on novel or book
• gorilla
• dystopia
• chimpanzee
• slavery
• time travel
• space travel
• distant future
• apocalypse
• astronaut
• ape
• human subjugation
• authoritarian
• callous
• demeaning
• hopeful
• mean spirited
• apes