Planet of the Apes (1968)

Name: Planet of the Apes
Released: 1968
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore

• Movies, Action, Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction

• 112 min

7.6

Somewhere in the Universe, there must be something better than man!

Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Casting: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly, Linda Harrison, Robert Gunner, Lou Wagner, Woodrow Parfrey, Jeff Burton, Buck Kartalian, Norman Burton, Wright King, Paul Lambert, Martin Abrahams, Army Archerd, James Bacon, Erlynn Mary Botelho, Priscilla Boyd, Eldon Burke, David Chow, Billy Curtis, Frank Delfino, Buddy Douglas, Chuck Fisher, William Graeff Jr., Lars Hensen, Irvin 'Zabo' Koszewski, Norma Jean Kron, Robert Lombardo, Jerry Maren, Cass Martin, Stephan Merjanian, Harry Monty, John Quijada, Smokey Roberds, Dave Rodgers, Jane Ross, George Sasaki, Felix Silla, Emory Souza, Dianne Stanley, Joe Tornatore
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 1968-02-07
Status: Released

Tags: space marine, bondage, human evolution, based on novel or book, gorilla, dystopia, chimp, slavery, time travel, space travel, apocalypse, astronaut, ape, human subjugation, authoritarian, callous, demeaning, hopeful, mean spirited, apes

Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.