Planet of the Apes(1974)

series - first aired/released 1974-09-13 - audience 6.9

Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama

Directed by Alf Kjellin, Arnold Laven, Bernard McEveety, Don Weis, Jack Starrett, John Meredyth Lucas, Ralph Senensky

Two astronauts and a sympathetic chimp friend are fugitives in a future Earth dominated by a civilization of humanoid apes. Based on the 1968 Planet of the Apes film and its sequels, which were inspired by the novel of the same name by Pierre Boulle.