Rod Serling

When, after seeing a meteor fall from the sky, citizens of a small town discover that they have no power or telephone service, they begin to panic and become increasingly violent as they await the arrival of monsters from outer space.

Four American astronauts crashland on an unchartered planet and discover it is ruled by a race of intelligent apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Astronaut Taylor (Heston) soon finds himelf among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist (McDowall).