Taylor and two other astronauts come out of deep hibernation to find that their ship has crashed. Escaping with little more than clothes they find that they have landed on a planet where men are pre-lingual and uncivilized while apes have learned speech and technology. Taylor is captured and taken to the city of the apes after damaging his throat so that he is silent and cannot communicate with the apes.
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Franklin J. SchaffnerWritten By
Pierre Boulle, Michael Wilson, Rod SerlingWatch on these services
Cast of Planet of the Apes
Charlton HestonGeorge Taylor
Roddy McDowallCornelius
Kim HunterZira
Maurice EvansDr. Zaius
James WhitmorePresident of the Assembly
James DalyDr. Honorious
Linda HarrisonNova
Robert GunnerLandon
Lou WagnerLucius
Woodrow ParfreyDr. Maximus
Jeff BurtonDodge
Buck KartalianJulius
Norman BurtonHunt Leader
Wright KingDr. Galen
Paul LambertMinister
Martin AbrahamsHuman in Cage (uncredited)
Army ArcherdGorilla (uncredited)
James BaconApe (uncredited)
Erlynn Mary BotelhoGorilla (uncredited)
Priscilla BoydHuman #1 (uncredited)
Eldon BurkeGorilla (uncredited)
David ChowChimpanzee (uncredited)
Billy CurtisChild Ape (uncredited)
Frank DelfinoChild Ape (uncredited)
Buddy DouglasChild Ape (uncredited)
Chuck FisherGorilla (uncredited)
William Graeff Jr.Gorilla (uncredited)
Lars HensenGorilla (uncredited)
Irvin 'Zabo' KoszewskiGorilla (uncredited)
Norma Jean KronChimpanzee (uncredited)
Robert LombardoGorilla Photographer (uncredited)
Jerry MarenChild Ape (uncredited)
Cass MartinChimpanzee (uncredited)
Stephan MerjanianGorilla (uncredited)
Harry MontyChild Ape (uncredited)
John QuijadaGorilla (uncredited)
Smokey RoberdsChimpanzee (uncredited)
Dave RodgersGorilla (uncredited)
Jane RossHuman (uncredited)
George SasakiChimpanzee (uncredited)
Felix SillaChild Gorilla (uncredited)
Emory SouzaChild Ape (uncredited)
Dianne StanleyAstronaut Stewart (uncredited)
Joe TornatoreGorilla (uncredited)
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