Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
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Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

DirectorsAlf Kjellin, Arnold Laven

Human guinea pig?

7.3 / 10 · 13 votes
1980
1h 33m
TV MovieAdventureScience FictionThriller

When fugitive human astronaut Virdon is shot, his chimp companion Galen must charm an old flame into accepting that a book on human surgery is no hoax. Meanwhile, their friend Burke is captured by the ape authorities and is to be brainwashed by a brilliant ape scientist named Wanda. [The fourth of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "The Surgeon" and "The Interrogation"]

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Planet of the Apes: Roddy McDowall - 1981 "Old Galen" bumpers for the TV telefilms

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