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TV Movie Adventure Thriller Sci-Fi

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

1980, Nov 19

1h 30m

The fugitives Burke, Virdon and Galen try to save the life of a human blacksmith and his son, whom gorilla leader Urko has threatened with death should his horse lose another race. The trio also attempt to expose a crooked gorilla by framing him in a plot to kill Urko. [The third of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "The Horse Race" and "The Tyrant"]

Directed by

Jack Starrett, Ralph Senensky

Written by

Walter Black, Booker Bradshaw, David P. Lewis