Four American astronauts crashland on an unchartered planet and discover it is ruled by a race of intelligent apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Astronaut Taylor (Heston) soon finds himelf among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist (McDowall).

Deep space 2029, Astronaut Major Leo Davidson boards a pd cruiser trillions of miles from Earth for a routine reconnaissance mission. Then an abrupt detour through a space/time wormhole crash-lands Davison on a bizarre planet. A planet where talking apes rule over frightened humans.

In this fifth and final Planet of the apes adventures, humans and apes battle for the supremacy of the Earth.

"Behind-the-scenes chronicle of the amazing Planet of the Apes phenomenon"--Container