1973

93m

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Summary

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.

Cast

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

Noah Keen

Teacher

France Nuyen

Alma

Paul Stevens

Mendez

Heather Lowe

Doctor

Michael Stearns

Jake

Cal Wilson

Soldier

Colleen Camp

Julie

John Huston

The Lawgiver

John Landis

Jake's Friend

Crew

Director

J. Lee Thompson

Characters

Pierre Boulle

Screenplay

John William Corrington

Screenplay

Joyce Hooper Corrington

Story

Paul Dehn

Reviews

IanBeale

February 16, 2017

**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.

- Ian Beale