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Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1h 38min
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SCIENCE FICTION
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Original Title
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Critics & Audience Score
5.2
Total Votes
1,105
Release Year
1971
Runtime (Duration)
1h 38min
Production Budget
$2.5M
Box Office Revenue
$12.3M
Profit / Loss Analysis
$9.8M
Casting
Actors

Roddy McDowall
Cornelius

Kim Hunter
Dr. Zira

Bradford Dillman
Dr. Lewis Dixon

Natalie Trundy
Dr. Stephanie 'Stevie' Branton

Eric Braeden
Dr. Otto Hasslein

William Windom
The President

Sal Mineo
Dr. Milo

Albert Salmi
E-1

Jason Evers
E-2

John Randolph
Committee Chairman

Harry Lauter
General Winthrop

M. Emmet Walsh
Aide

Roy Glenn
Lawyer (as Roy E. Glenn Sr.)

Peter Forster
Cardinal

Norman Burton
Army Officer

William Woodson
Naval Officer

Tom Lowell
Orderly
Gene Whittington
Marine Captain

Donald Elson
Curator
Bill Bonds
TV Newscaster
Army Archerd
Referee

James Bacon
General Faulkner

Ricardo Montalban
Armando

John Alderman
Marine Corporal (uncredited)

Alan Baxter
General (uncredited)

Jack Berle
Secretary of State (uncredited)

Paul Bradley
Official at Briefing (uncredited)
Karl Bruck
German Newscaster (uncredited)

Sam Chew Jr.
Undetermined (uncredited)
Robert Cole
Reporter (uncredited)

Walker Edmiston
Talking Baby Chimp (uncredited) (voice)
Sig Frohlich
Spectator (uncredited)
James W. Gavin
Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
George Golden
Official at Briefing (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
Official at Briefing (uncredited)
Joe Gray
Bodyguard (uncredited)

Bob Harks
Aide (uncredited)

Linda Harrison
Nova (archive footage) (uncredited)

Elizabeth Harrower
Reporter at Hotel (uncredited)

Shep Houghton
Bystander (uncredited)
Joseph La Cava
Waiter (uncredited)

Robert Nichols
Reporter (uncredited)
Ron Pinkard
Undetermined (uncredited)
Janos Prohaska
Heloise (uncredited)
Tony Regan
Reporter at Hotel (uncredited)
Stephen Roberts
Gen. Brody (uncredited)

Hank Robinson
Reporter (uncredited)

James B. Sikking
Control Room Officer (uncredited)
Jack Slate
Reporter (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey
Official at Briefing (uncredited)

William Tregoe
Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)

William Beckley
British News Anchor (uncredited)
Crew

Don Taylor
DIRECTOR

Jerry Goldsmith
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

Paul Dehn
SCREENPLAY

Arthur P. Jacobs
PRODUCER
Joseph F. Biroc
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
William J. Creber
ART DIRECTION
Jack Martin Smith
ART DIRECTION
Stuart A. Reiss
ART DIRECTION

Pierre Boulle
CHARACTERS
Walter M. Scott
ART DIRECTION
Howard A. Anderson III
SPECIAL EFFECTS COORDINATOR
Marion Rothman
EDITOR
Theodore Soderberg
SOUND
Dean Vernon
SOUND
Frank Capra, Jr.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Alexander Courage
MUSIC

Alexander Courage
ORCHESTRATOR