6.4
Summary
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
Cast
Roddy McDowall
Cornelius
Kim Hunter
Dr. Zira
Bradford Dillman
Dr. Lewis Dixon
Natalie Trundy
Dr. Stephanie 'Stevie' Branton
Eric Braeden
Dr. Otto Hasslein
William Windom
The President
Sal Mineo
Dr. Milo
Albert Salmi
E-1
Jason Evers
E-2
John Randolph
Committee Chairman
Harry Lauter
General Winthrop
M. Emmet Walsh
Aide
Roy Glenn
Lawyer (as Roy E. Glenn Sr.)
Peter Forster
Cardinal
Norman Burton
Army Officer
William Woodson
Naval Officer
Tom Lowell
Orderly
Gene Whittington
Marine Captain
Donald Elson
Curator
Bill Bonds
TV Newscaster
Army Archerd
Referee
James Bacon
General Faulkner
Ricardo Montalban
Armando
John Alderman
Marine Corporal (uncredited)
Alan Baxter
General (uncredited)
Jack Berle
Secretary of State (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Official at Briefing (uncredited)
Karl Bruck
German Newscaster (uncredited)
Sam Chew Jr.
Undetermined (uncredited)
Robert Cole
Reporter (uncredited)
Walker Edmiston
Talking Baby Chimp (uncredited) (voice)
Sig Frohlich
Spectator (uncredited)
James W. Gavin
Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
George Golden
Official at Briefing (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
Official at Briefing (uncredited)
Joe Gray
Bodyguard (uncredited)
Bob Harks
Aide (uncredited)
Linda Harrison
Nova (archive footage) (uncredited)
Elizabeth Harrower
Reporter at Hotel (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Bystander (uncredited)
Joseph La Cava
Waiter (uncredited)
Robert Nichols
Reporter (uncredited)
Ron Pinkard
Undetermined (uncredited)
Janos Prohaska
Heloise (uncredited)
Tony Regan
Reporter at Hotel (uncredited)
Stephen Roberts
Gen. Brody (uncredited)
Hank Robinson
Reporter (uncredited)
James B. Sikking
Control Room Officer (uncredited)
Jack Slate
Reporter (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Official at Briefing (uncredited)
William Tregoe
Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)
William Beckley
British News Anchor (uncredited)
Crew
Director
Don Taylor
Characters
Pierre Boulle
Screenplay
Paul Dehn
Reviews
Potential Kermode
March 18, 2017
6
**A picture of the artist painting a picture of the artist painting a picture of the artist painting a picture of the artist painting a landscape.**
Indeed.
Talk, talk and some more talk. Then they all decide to talk some more - taking a break for a little more talking - before finally deciding on talking just a little while longer. These actors must have had sore tongues after the film was completed. Some of them hospitalised with repetitive strain on the jawbone.
A very talky film which could indeed lose the interest of younger viewers. Younger viewers don't want to see old men blabbering for 90 minutes - they want gorillas with machine guns.
Lots of scenes of people with tobacco stained grey hair talking around 1970's tables and not much action here.
Not enough psycho gorilla action. The three chimps should have brought at least one maniac gorilla with them for security reasons. If there weren't enough seats in the ship then I am certain he wouldn't mind standing. Perhaps they feared that once they arrived and they opened the ships hatch on the beach - everything from turtles, whelks and Brian Wilson's surf board would have been riddled with bullets.
- Potential Kermode
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$2,500,000.00
Revenue:
$12,348,905.00
Keywords
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