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"Tonight, we have seen the birth of the planet of the apes!"
Caesar
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
Credits
Title: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Writers: Paul Dehn
Producers: Arthur P. Jacobs; Frank Capra, Jr.
Composer: Tom Scott
Cinematography: Bruce Surtees
Editors: Marjorie Fowler; Allan Jaggs
Production
Distributed by: APJAC Productions; Twentieth Century-Fox Productions
Released: June 30th, 1972
Rating: PG
Running time: 88 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Budget: $1,700,000
Gross: $9,043,472 (US) [1]
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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is an American science-fiction film directed by J. Lee Thompson with a screenplay by Paul Dehn. It is the fourth film in the Planet of the Apes series and follows 1971's Escape from the Planet of the Apes. The film was produced by Twentieth Century-Fox Productions and APJAC Productions and released theatrically in the United States on June 30th, 1972. The film stars Roddy McDowall playing the role of revolutionary chimpanzee leader Caesar - the son of McDowall's character Cornelius from the previous films. Co-starring with Roddy McDowall is Ricardo Montalban, reprising the role of circus owner Armando from Escape from the Planet of the Apes. Other stars include Don Murray as the antagonist Governor Breck, Hari Rhodes as MacDonald and POTA mainstay Natalie Trundy as the chimpanzee Lisa.

Cast[]

Actor Role
Roddy McDowall Caesar
Don Murray Governor Breck
Natalie Trundy Lisa
Hari Rhodes Malcolm MacDonald
Severn Darden Kolp
Lou Wagner Busboy ape
John Randolph Commission Chairman
Asa Maynor Mrs. Riley
H.M. Wynant Hoskyns
David Chow Aldo
Buck Kartalian Frank
John Dennis Policeman
Paul Comi 2nd policeman
Gordon Jump Auctioneer
Dick Spangler Announcer
Joyce Haber Zelda
Hector Soucy Ape with chain
Ricardo Montalban Armando
James Bacon Ape
Rayford Barnes Riot control commander
William Bryant Man at auction
Sam Chew, Jr. Controller
Erin Fleming Café customer
Daniel Keough Jailguard
Ron Pinkard Controller

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Screenwriter Paul Dehn passed away four years after the release of this film.
  • This is the final credited acting work for Asa Maynor.
  • There are some discrepencies concerning the character of Aldo as presented in this movie in relation to a reference made to him in Escape from the Planet of the Apes as well as his representation in Battle for the Planet of the Apes. In Escape, Cornelius reveals some information concerning the historical records of Aldo, "On an historic day, which is commemorated by my species and fully documented in the Sacred Scrolls, there came Aldo. He did not grunt. He articulated. He spoke a word which had been spoken to him time without number by humans. He said, 'No'. Although the Aldo seen in Conquest is the first ape to actively rebel against his captors, he does not speak. Also, he is presented as a chimpanzee. The character seen in Battle for the Planet of the Apes is a gorilla. There are two possible explanations for this; the most logical being, that these are two different apes who share the same name; the other is that the insertion of Zira and Cornelius into the past changed the future timeline, altering the historical record to show that Caesar was the first talking ape to rebel against the human slavers, not Aldo.

Index[]

  • Humanoid apes
    • Cats (Referenced only)
    • Dogs (Referenced only)

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    References[]

    1. Box Office Mojo; Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
    2. Planet of the Apes 11. "Outlines of Tomorrow - A Chronology of Planet of the Apes". Whitmore, Jim.


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