Battle for the Planet of the Apes

5.7/10 • 984

1973-06-15 • 1h 33m

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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.

Directors: J. Lee Thompson
Characters: Pierre Boulle
Editors: John C. Horger

ActionScience Fiction

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

1973-06-15 • 1h 33m

5.7/10 • 984

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!

Directors: J. Lee Thompson
Characters: Pierre Boulle
Editors: John C. Horger

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Roddy McDowall
Caesar
Natalie Trundy
Lisa
Austin Stoker
MacDonald
Severn Darden
Kolp
Claude Akins
Aldo
Paul Williams
Virgil
Richard Eastham
Mutant
Lew Ayres
Mandemus
Bobby Porter
Cornelius II

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Ian Beale

Feb 16, 2017

8/10

The best of the sequels Battle for the Planet of the Apes is the best of the Planet of the Apes sequels - a film packed with emotion and incident. Caesar (Roddy McDowall) seeks his parents in the ruins of a destroyrd city and irks a gang of crazed freaks who all wear silly hats and skiing goggles. Leonard Rosenman gives us a nice score and the photography is beautiful. The classiest looking of the Apes sequels and definitely the most emotional. Just stick with the first movie and this one.