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# Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973): cast and crew

18 cast and 65 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Roddy McDowall](https://film.one/person/roddy-mcdowall.md) as Caesar
- [Natalie Trundy](https://film.one/person/natalie-trundy.md) as Lisa
- [Austin Stoker](https://film.one/person/austin-stoker.md) as MacDonald
- [Severn Darden](https://film.one/person/severn-darden.md) as Kolp
- [Claude Akins](https://film.one/person/claude-akins.md) as Aldo
- [Paul Williams](https://film.one/person/paul-williams-35040.md) as Virgil
- [Richard Eastham](https://film.one/person/richard-eastham.md) as Mutant
- [Lew Ayres](https://film.one/person/lew-ayres.md) as Mandemus
- [Bobby Porter](https://film.one/person/bobby-porter.md) as Cornelius II
- [Noah Keen](https://film.one/person/noah-keen.md) as Teacher
- [France Nuyen](https://film.one/person/france-nuyen.md) as Alma
- [Paul Stevens](https://film.one/person/paul-stevens.md) as Mendez
- Heather Lowe as Doctor
- Michael Stearns as Jake
- Cal Wilson as Soldier
- [Colleen Camp](https://film.one/person/colleen-camp.md) as Julie
- [John Huston](https://film.one/person/john-huston.md) as The Lawgiver
- [John Landis](https://film.one/person/john-landis.md) as Jake's Friend

## Directing

- [J. Lee Thompson](https://film.one/person/j-lee-thompson.md): Director
- Ric Rondell: Assistant Director
- Barry Stern: Second Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Joyce Hooper Corrington](https://film.one/person/joyce-hooper-corrington.md): Screenplay
- [John William Corrington](https://film.one/person/john-william-corrington.md): Screenplay
- Pierre Boulle: Characters
- [Paul Dehn](https://film.one/person/paul-dehn.md): Story

## Production

- [Arthur P. Jacobs](https://film.one/person/arthur-p-jacobs.md): Producer
- Ross Brown: Casting
- Michael S. Glick: Unit Production Manager
- Frank Capra, Jr.: Associate Producer

## Camera

- [Richard H. Kline](https://film.one/person/richard-h-kline.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Alan Jaggs](https://film.one/person/alan-jaggs.md): Editor
- [John C. Horger](https://film.one/person/john-c-horger.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Leonard Rosenman](https://film.one/person/leonard-rosenman.md): Original Music Composer
- Herman Lewis: Sound
- Don J. Bassman: Sound

## Art

- Robert De Vestel: Set Decoration
- Dale Hennesy: Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- Carol Pershing: Hairstylist
- Jack Barron: Makeup Artist
- Joe DiBella: Makeup Supervisor
- Jan Van Uchelen: Hairstylist
- [Morton Haack](https://film.one/person/morton-haack.md): Costume Design
- John Chambers: Makeup Designer
- Verne Langdon: Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Werner Keppler: Makeup Artist

## Visual effects

- Gerald Endler: Mechanical Designer

## Lighting

- Alan Goldenhar: Gaffer

## Crew

- Nick Dimitri: Stunts
- Erik Cord: Stunts
- Eddie Hice: Stunts
- Craig R. Baxley: Stunts
- Victor Paul: Stunts
- Robert Prohaska: Stunts
- Richard E. Butler: Stunts
- Allen Pinson: Stunts
- Wally Rose: Stunts
- Troy Melton: Stunts
- Chuck Waters: Stunts
- Russ Dodson: Stunts
- Lightning Bear: Stunts
- Regina Parton: Stunts
- Mickey Caruso: Stunts
- Larry Duran: Stunts
- Whitey Hughes: Stunts
- Orwin C. Harvey: Stunts
- Thomas Rosales Jr.: Stunts
- Larry Holt: Stunts
- Denver Mattson: Stunts
- Regis Parton: Stunts
- Bennie E. Dobbins: Stunts
- Paula Crist: Stunts
- Roydon Clark: Stunts
- Glenn Randall Jr.: Stunts
- Dick Durock: Stunts
- Hubie Kerns Jr.: Stunts
- Ernest Robinson: Stunts
- Jesse Wayne: Stunts
- Richard Washington: Stunts
- Alex Sharp: Stunts
- Felix Silla: Stunts
- Eddie Smith: Stunts
- Fred Waugh: Stunts
- Paul Stader: Stunt Coordinator

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