Saturday 28 December 2019

Apes On Set: Beneath The Planet Of The Apes (1970)






Test shots of Tom Doran as the human/chimpanzee hybrid child. The hybrid concept was soon shelved amid fears that the concept of inter-species copulation would cost the film a "G" rating, thus decimating its potential audience.







Victor Buono (Adiposo) in the makeup lab.























Wednesday 25 December 2019

The Trap (1974) Part 9

The final instalment of The Trap.
I'd like to wish you all a wonderful Christmas,
or whatever you're celebrating at this time of year.





































Roddy McDowall as Galen
Ron Harper as Virdon
James Naughton as Burke
Mark Lenard as Urko
Norm Alden as Zako
John Milford as Miller
Cindy Eilbacher as Lisa Miller
Mickey LeClair as Jick Miller
Wallace Earl as Mary Miller
Gail Bonney as old woman
Eldon Burke as Olam
Ron Stein as Mema
Ted White as tower gorilla
Robert Munk as farmer

Notes

(edited from Planet Of The Apes Wiki)

The village of Numai is near ancient ruins of San Francisco.

This episode formed the second half of the first TV movie Back To The Planet Of The Apes (paired with Escape From Tomorrow), originally broadcast in 1981.


The third episode to be broadcast (27th September in the USA, 27th October in the UK), this was the fifth episode filmed, chronologically, according to the Production Code.


poster by Dave Ballard