The film's characters and plot were described in a press-book poster:ROBERT MITCHUM in the unconventional role of a man who married and murdered and married and murdered.Most of the officials were either killed or held hostage.The main mob of rioting apes then proceeded to march toward the city, under the command of Caesar - who was referred to by an apprehensive newscaster as "a supernormally intelligent chimpanzee who has acquired the power of speech.The unethical Tatum succeeded in manipulating the news media, the construction engineers, the local crooked sheriff who sought reelection in the county, and the victim's opportunistic, jaded and mercenary wife.She found herself being kissed by her father, who then urned into the frightening Freddy, lunging for a kiss with his snaking tongue: "Your eyes say no-no, but my mouth says yes-yes.