Escape from the Planet of the Apes Quotes

Escape from the Planet of the Apes is a TV show that debuted in 1970 . Escape from the Planet of the Apes ended in 1970.

It features Arthur P. Jacobs as producer, Jerry Goldsmith in charge of musical score, and Joseph F. Biroc as head of cinematography.

Each episode of Escape from the Planet of the Apes is 98 minutes long. Escape from the Planet of the Apes is distributed by 20th Century Fox.

The cast includes: Roddy McDowall as Cornelius, Ricardo Montalbán as Armando, Eric Braeden as Dr. Otto Hasslein, Albert Salmi as E-1, Sal Mineo as Milo, and Bradford Dillman as Dr. Lewis Dixon.

Escape from the Planet of the Apes Quotes

Eric Braeden as Dr. Otto Hasslein

• (Reporter) "Dr. Hasslein, as the President's Senior Science Advisor, what do you expect to experience from this historic meeting?"
• (Eric Braeden) "Fear."

• (Eric Braeden) "Negative, negative, negative."
• (Albert Salmi) "Don't worry. We'll catch them, sooner or later."
• (Eric Braeden) "That's what I'm worried about. Later. Later we'll do something about pollution. Later we'll do something about the population explosion. Later we'll do something about the nuclear war. We think we've got all the time in the world, but how much time has the world got? Somebody has to begin to care."

• (Eric Braeden) "Zira, wine is an excellent restorative, I assure you, especially in cases of pregnancy."

Bradford Dillman as Dr. Lewis Dixon

• (Bradford Dillman) "Can you read a map?"
• (Roddy McDowall) "I'm an archaeologist. I can even draw one."

Roddy McDowall as Cornelius

• (Chairman of the President's Committee of Inquiry) "Does the other one talk?"
• (Roddy McDowall) "Only when she lets me."

• (Roddy McDowall) "If we are caught, we will almost certainly be killed. Please give us the opportunity -- to kill ourselves?"
• (Bradford Dillman) "I shouldn't do this, but I guessed you'd ask."

• (Roddy McDowall) "By the time the plague was contained, man was without pets. Of course, for man this was intolerable. I mean, he might kill his brother, but he could not kill his dog."

• (Roddy McDowall) "They became alert to the concept of slavery. And, as their numbers grew, to slavery's antidote which, of course, is unity. At first, they began assembling in small groups. They learned the art of corporate and militant action. They learned to refuse. At first, they just grunted their refusal. But then, 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.' So that's how it all started."

• (Dr. Zira) "You're the second human I have kissed."
• (Roddy McDowall) "And you are the first."

• (Unnamed) "May I measure your inside leg, sir?"
• (Roddy McDowall) "No."

• (Reporter at Hotel) "Dr. Cornelius, tell me: ho do you find our women?"
• (Roddy McDowall) "Very human."

Sal Mineo as Milo

• (Sal Mineo) "Zira, are you mad?"
• (Roddy McDowall) "Please don't call my wife mad."
• (Sal Mineo) "I'm not, I'm just merely asking her: Zira, are you mad?"

Ricardo Montalbán as Armando

• (Ricardo Montalbán) "You're asking me to risk imprisonment for the sake of two fugitive apes? The answer is: a thousand times, yes."

• (Ricardo Montalbán) "Intelligent creature -- but then, so was your mother."

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