Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)

Director:

J. Lee Thompson

Writers:

Pierre Boulle (characters)
Paul Dehn (written by)

Release Date:

30 June 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

All new! The revolt of the apes. The most awesome spectacle in the annals of science fiction!

Plot:

In a futuristic society where ape slavery has taken over the world, Caesar, the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira, surfaces after almost 20 years in hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity.

Plot Keywords:

Simian Fiction | Animal | Planet Of The Apes | Ape Man | Tense

US TV Schedule:

Wed. July 30

2:00 AM

AMC

Cast

Roddy McDowall	...	Caesar
Don Murray	...	Governor Breck
Natalie Trundy	...	Lisa
Hari Rhodes	...	Aide MacDonald
Severn Darden	...	Chief Inspector Kolp
Lou Wagner	...	Busboy
John Randolph	...	Commission Chairman
Asa Maynor	...	Mrs. Riley
H.M. Wynant	...	Inspector Hoskyns
David Chow	...	Aldo
Buck Kartalian	...	Gorilla Frank
John Dennis	...	Policeman #1
Paul Comi	...	Policeman #2
Gordon Jump	...	Auctioneer
Dick Spangler	...	Announcer
Joyce Haber	...	Zelda
Hector Soucy	...	Ape with Chain
Ricardo Montalban	...	Armando
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Bacon	...	Ape (uncredited)
Rayford Barnes	...	Riot Control Commander in Plaza (uncredited)
William Bryant	...	Man at Auction (uncredited)
Sam Chew Jr.	...	Controller (uncredited)
Ron Pinkard	...	Controller (uncredited)

Directed by
J. Lee Thompson

Writing credits
Pierre Boulle		(characters)
Paul Dehn		(written by)

Produced by
Frank Capra Jr.	....	associate producer
Arthur P. Jacobs	....	producer

Original Music by
Tom Scott

Cinematography by
Bruce Surtees		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Marjorie Fowler
Alan Jaggs		(as Allan Jaggs)

Production Design by
Philip M. Jefferies		(uncredited)

Art Direction by
Philip M. Jefferies		(as Philip Jefferies)

Set Decoration by
Norman Rockett

Makeup Department
Jack Barron	....	makeup artist
John Chambers	....	creative makeup design
Joe DiBella	....	makeup artist
Carol Pershing	....	hair stylist
Daniel C. Striepeke	....	makeup supervisor (as Dan Striepeke)
Verne Langdon	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Jan Van Uchelen	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
William Eckhardt	....	unit production manager (as William G. Eckhardt)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David 'Buck' Hall	....	assistant director (as David 'Buck' Hall)

Art Department
Thomas Gark	....	assistant property master (uncredited)

Sound Department
Don J. Bassman	....	sound (as Don Bassman)
Herman Lewis	....	sound

Special Effects by
L.B. Abbott	....	special photographic effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Denny Arnold	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tony Brubaker	....	stunts (uncredited)
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard E. Butler	....	stunts (uncredited)
Hank Calia	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mickey Caruso	....	stunts (uncredited)
Roydon Clark	....	stunts (uncredited)
Erik Cord	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Couch	....	stunts (uncredited)
Paula Crist	....	stunts (uncredited)
Nick Dimitri	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bennie E. Dobbins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Russ Dodson	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Larry Duran	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dick Durock	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tony Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Alan Gibbs	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ted Grossman	....	stunts (uncredited)
Orwin C. Harvey	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Hice	....	stunts (uncredited)
Larry Holt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Whitey Hughes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Hubie Kerns	....	stunts (uncredited)
Hubie Kerns Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Henry Kingi	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gene LeBell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Denver Mattson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Troy Melton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Regina Parton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Regis Parton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Victor Paul	....	stunts (uncredited)
Allen Pinson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Glenn Randall Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Wally Rose	....	stunts (uncredited)
Alex Sharp	....	stunts (uncredited)
David Sharpe	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Smith	....	stunts (uncredited)
Paul Stader	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Ron Veto	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rock A. Walker	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Washington	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Waters	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred M. Waugh	....	stunts (uncredited)
George P. Wilbur	....	stunts (uncredited)

Other crew
Jack Hirshberg	....	unit publicist
Don Record	....	title designer

Production Companies

• APJAC Productions (as An Arthur P. Jacobs Production)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (presents) (as Twentieth Century-Fox)

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1972) (USA) (theatrical)
• Playhouse Home Video (1985) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan (2001) (Japan) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1999) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• CBS Television (1974) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• CBS/Fox (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• CBS/Fox (1992) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Centfox (1972) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

West Germany:16 (nf) | UK:12 (video re-rating) (2003) | UK:15 (video rating) | UK:AA (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | Finland:K-18 (DVD rating) | Canada:PG | Germany:12 (re-rating) | Australia:M | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Avenue of the Stars, Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

APJAC Productions

Trivia:

The jumpsuits worn by the apes were leftover costumes from the 1964-68 Fox TV series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1964).

Quotes:

Lisa: N-No...

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#22.9)" (1999)

It tries, but not well enough

This film's low budget really does it in. The make-up that had worked so well in the first film looks cheap and phony here. The script is half-baked and if you think about it, kind of tasteless. They should have been more subtle with that equating blacks with apes thing. The film is well-directed and its fast pace helps, but it really needed to be better mounted and given a longer running time to develop its story. As it is it's just not very convincing and even more than a little silly. And when I look at a good actor like Roddy McDowall all hunched-over in that make-up, I have to wonder, "Did he really need the gig that much?"