Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

Release Date:  10/18/1974
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Length:  60 minutes
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Medium:  Video
Genre:  ADV SF THR
Release Message:  While walking on an ocean beach with Galen, Virdon and Burke (James Naughton) see a condemned man lashed to a raft in the water.
Description:  While walking on an ocean beach with Galen, Virdon and Burke see a condemned man lashed to a raft in the water. They rescue him and carry him to a nearby cave but then an ape-on-patrol captures the two astronauts and takes them to his boss, Hurton. Hurton administers a fishing operation and he presses Virdon and Burke into service as fishermen after they pass a test by swimming under a sheet of flames. Trouble arises when Hurton's superior, Bandor, comes on an inspection tour, but the astronauts save the day by demonstrating how a net can catch more fish than spears. ...