Astronauts Pete Burke and Allan Virdon crash on Earth in the far future and are captured by the apes. The men befriend a chimp named Galen who helps them to escape. In the hopes of finding a way to get back to their own time, the astronauts search for a computer in an earthquake-threatened city, with which they will be able to access their flight records. [The first of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "Escape from Tomorrow" and "The Trap"]
Unfortunately the movie Back to the Planet of the Apes is not yet available on HBO Max.
Camera | Gerald Perry Finnerman | Director of Photography |
Art | Archie J. Bacon | Art Direction |
Production | Richard Glassman | Unit Production Manager |
Art | Stuart A. Reiss | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Daniel C. Striepeke | Makeup Artist |
Writing | Howard Dimsdale | Story Consultant |
Writing | Joe Ruby | Story Consultant |
Editing | Axel Hubert Sr. | Editor |
Sound | Lionel Newman | Music Supervisor |
Sound | Leonard A. Engel | Supervising Music Editor |
Crew | Joseph Silver | Post Production Supervisor |
Production | Marvin Paige | Casting |
Crew | Ernest Robinson | Stunts |
Crew | Hubie Kerns Jr. | Stunts |
Writing | Ken Spears | Story Consultant |
Directing | Bill Derwin | Assistant Director |
Sound | Lalo Schifrin | Theme Song Performance |
Editing | J. Frank O'Neill | Editor |
Directing | Arnold Laven | Director |
Directing | Don Weis | Director |
Production | Herbert Hirschman | Executive Producer |
Writing | Edward J. Lakso | Writer |
Production | Stanley Hough | Producer |
Writing | Pierre Boulle | Characters |
Sound | Richard LaSalle | Original Music Composer |
Writing | Art Wallace | Writer |