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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

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Summary

Science-fiction adventure sequel starring Roddy McDowall. A mysterious disease has wiped out the world's cat and dog population, and people now keep apes as pets. Fed up with being treated like slaves, the apes plan a revolt.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Alan Jones

The fourth film in the sci-fi saga illustrates how the ape revolt happened in the first place. Caesar, played by series regular Roddy McDowall, gains the power of speech, forms enslaved fellow simians into guerrilla groups and leads them against the evil human race who have adopted them as household pets. Gritty direction from J Lee Thompson and plenty of fun philosophising, complete with intriguing moral lessons and neat ape/man role reversals (take a bow, Paul Dehn, for an uncommonly fine script), make this episode a compelling outing into futuristic monkey business.

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Cast

rolenameCaesarRoddy McDowallBreckDon MurrayArmandoRicardo MontalbanLisaNatalie TrundyMacDonaldHari RhodesKolpSevern DardenBusboyLou WagnerCommission chairmanJohn RandolphMrs RileyAsa MaynorHoskynsH M Wynant

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rolenameDirectorJ Lee Thompson

Details

Theatrical distributor

20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd

Released on

1972-09-24

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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