Claim: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is a film.

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is a 1972 science fiction film directed by J. Lee Thompson and written by Paul Dehn . It is the fourth of five films in the original Planet of the Apes series produced by Arthur P. Jacobs . The film stars Roddy McDowall , Don Murray and Ricardo Montalbán . It explores how the apes rebelled from humanity 's ill treatment following Escape from the Planet of the Apes -LRB- 1971 -RRB- . It was followed by Battle for the Planet of the Apes -LRB- 1973 -RRB- .   The series reboot Rise of the Planet of the Apes -LRB- 2011 -RRB- has a similar premise to Conquest , but is not officially a remake .