1973/06/15 (US) | Action, Science Fiction
The final chapter in the incredible Apes saga. The most suspenseful showdown ever filmed as two civilizations battle for the right to inherit what's left of the earth!
The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar lives in harmony with a group of humans. Gorilla General Aldo tries to cause an ape civil war and a community of human mutants who live beneath a destroyed city try to conquer those whom they perceive as enemies. All leading to the finale.
Joyce Hooper Corrington
Screenplay
J. Lee Thompson
Director
John William Corrington
Screenplay
Roddy McDowall
Caesar
Natalie Trundy
Lisa
Austin Stoker
MacDonald
Severn Darden
Kolp
Claude Akins
Aldo
Paul Williams
Virgil
Richard Eastham
Mutant
$ 1,700,000
$ 8,844,595
Released
Alan Jaggs
Editor
Richard H. Kline
Director of Photography
John C. Horger
Editor
Arthur P. Jacobs
Producer
Leonard Rosenman
Original Music Composer