Planet of the Apes

1968 · 1h 52m · 7.7

Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama, Action

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.

Franklin J. Schaffner

Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly, Linda Harrison, Robert Gunner, Lou Wagner, Woodrow Parfrey

space marine, bondage, human evolution, based on novel or book, gorilla, dystopia, chimpanzee, slavery, time travel, space travel, distant future, apocalypse, astronaut, ape, human subjugation, authoritarian, callous, demeaning, hopeful, mean spirited