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movie Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

Released: May 20, 1971
Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes
Action Science Fiction

The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.

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