Released
Planet of the Apes
February 7 1968 (almost 57 years ago)Rating
77
Based on
3511 reviews
Somewhere in the Universe, there must be something better than man!
- Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
- Writers: Rod Serling, Michael Wilson
- Genres: Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama, Action
- Runtime: 1 h 52 m
- Budget: $5,800,000
- Box office: $32,589,624
- Country: United States of America
- Companies: APJAC Productions, 20th Century Fox
Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
