With Battle, the original Planet of the Apes saga ends not with a bang but a whimper. In this once-harmonious society, apes turn against one another as leader Caesar (Roddy McDowall) is challenged ...

Visually, Planet of the Apes is just as senseless ... could easily be worse--with lousy makeup or lousy actors. Kim Hunter, Roddy McDowall and Maurice Evans are the best. Want to keep up with ...

whereas in "Conquest," it's actually Caesar (played by Roddy McDowall) who incites the revolution, with Aldo (Claude Akins) appearing in the next film, "Battle for the Planet of the Apes" in a ...