Escape from the Planet of the Apes is a 1971 American science fiction action movie directed by Don Taylor and is the third movie in the original "Planet of the Apes" series. It stars Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, Eric Braeden, William Windom, Sal Mineo, M. Emmet Walsh and was distributed by 20th Century Fox.