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Escape from the Planet of the Apes

- Meet baby Milo who has Washington terrified.

The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.

Release Date : 1971-05-20

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : APJAC Productions20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Planet of the Apes 3: Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Cast

Character Name : Cornelius

Original Name : Roddy McDowall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Zira

Original Name : Kim Hunter

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Lewis Dixon

Original Name : Bradford Dillman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Stephanie 'Stevie' Branton

Original Name : Natalie Trundy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Otto Hasslein

Original Name : Eric Braeden

Gender : Male

Character Name : The President

Original Name : William Windom

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Milo

Original Name : Sal Mineo

Gender : Male

Character Name : E-1

Original Name : Albert Salmi

Gender : Male

Character Name : E-2

Original Name : Jason Evers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Committee Chairman

Original Name : John Randolph

Gender : Male

Character Name : General Winthrop

Original Name : Harry Lauter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aide

Original Name : M. Emmet Walsh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lawyer (as Roy E. Glenn Sr.)

Original Name : Roy Glenn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cardinal

Original Name : Peter Forster

Gender : Male

Character Name : Army Officer

Original Name : Norman Burton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Naval Officer

Original Name : William Woodson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Orderly

Original Name : Tom Lowell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marine Captain

Original Name : Gene Whittington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Curator

Original Name : Donald Elson

Gender : Male

Character Name : TV Newscaster

Original Name : Bill Bonds

Gender : Male

Character Name : Referee

Original Name : Army Archerd

Gender : Male

Character Name : General Faulkner

Original Name : James Bacon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Armando

Original Name : Ricardo Montalban

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marine Corporal (uncredited)

Original Name : John Alderman

Gender : Male

Character Name : General (uncredited)

Original Name : Alan Baxter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Secretary of State (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Berle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Official at Briefing (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Bradley

Gender : Male

Character Name : German Newscaster (uncredited)

Original Name : Karl Bruck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined (uncredited)

Original Name : Sam Chew Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Cole

Gender : Male

Character Name : Talking Baby Chimp (uncredited) (voice)

Original Name : Walker Edmiston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : Sig Frohlich

Gender : Male

Character Name : Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Original Name : James W. Gavin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Official at Briefing (uncredited)

Original Name : George Golden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Official at Briefing (uncredited)

Original Name : James Gonzalez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bodyguard (uncredited)

Original Name : Joe Gray

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aide (uncredited)

Original Name : Bob Harks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nova (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Linda Harrison

Gender : Female

Character Name : Reporter at Hotel (uncredited)

Original Name : Elizabeth Harrower

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bystander (uncredited)

Original Name : Shep Houghton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter (uncredited)

Original Name : Joseph La Cava

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Nichols

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined (uncredited)

Original Name : Ron Pinkard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Heloise (uncredited)

Original Name : Janos Prohaska

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter at Hotel (uncredited)

Original Name : Tony Regan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gen. Brody (uncredited)

Original Name : Stephen Roberts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter (uncredited)

Original Name : Hank Robinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Control Room Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : James B. Sikking

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Slate

Gender : Male

Character Name : Official at Briefing (uncredited)

Original Name : Arthur Tovey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)

Original Name : William Tregoe

Gender : Male

Character Name : British News Anchor (uncredited)

Original Name : William Beckley

Gender : Male

Reviews

Potential Kermode

@Potential Kermode

2021-06-23

**A picture of the artist painting a picture of the artist painting a picture of the artist painting a picture of the artist painting a landscape.** Indeed. Talk, talk and some more talk. Then they all decide to talk some more - taking a break for a little more talking - before finally deciding on talking just a little while longer. These actors must have had sore tongues after the film was completed. Some of them hospitalised with repetitive strain on the jawbone. A very talky film which could indeed lose the interest of younger viewers. Younger viewers don't want to see old men blabbering for 90 minutes - they want gorillas with machine guns. Lots of scenes of people with tobacco stained grey hair talking around 1970's tables and not much action here. Not enough psycho gorilla action. The three chimps should have brought at least one maniac gorilla with them for security reasons. If there weren't enough seats in the ship then I am certain he wouldn't mind standing. Perhaps they feared that once they arrived and they opened the ships hatch on the beach - everything from turtles, whelks and Brian Wilson's surf board would have been riddled with bullets. - Potential Kermode

r96sk

@r96sk

2022-02-27

A very good sequel. 'Escape from the Planet of the Apes' is a clear improvement on (the good) 'Beneath the Planet of the Apes' and isn't that far adrift from the 1968 original. The plot is out there but they make it believable, while the ending is quite something - unexpectedly so! Neat to see Roddy McDowall return to his role from 'Planet of the Apes', while co-star Kim Hunter continues once again. I like those two characters so enjoyed seeing them become 'the stars' of this third release of the franchise. Onwards to 'Conquest of the Planet of the Apes'.

r96sk

@r96sk

2022-02-27

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-06-08

Now quite how, we don't know, but suffice to say that "Cornelius" (Roddy McDowall) and "Zira" (Kim Hunter) manage to find themselves a spaceship and travel back in time to an Earth when humans - here, more specifically, a bunch of rather numb-sculled Americans - rule their continent. On stepping out of their craft, they must sigh the sigh of all aliens whose first glimpse of man is a man with loads of braid and no brains. They are taken to a zoo, fed oranges (?) and then subjected to a presidential inquiry that brings them some fame and celebrity, but also keeps them firmly on the radar of the malevolent "Dr. Hasslein" (Eric Braeden) who becomes doubly suspicious of their portentous storytelling (remember, apes cannot talk in 1971!) when it emerges that "Zira" is expecting an apelet! Things become distinctly perilous for our visitors, but luckily they have allies in fellow scientists "Dixon" (Bradford Dillman) and "Branton" (Natalie Trundy) so maybe they can escape their guilded cage? This is much better than last year's effort. The story is stronger, the morals are there but not over-used and the two lead actors gel well. The visual effects are effective and though I did not particularly like the ending, it offers us some food for thought.