Many of the apes in the first wave were vaporized and burned by the blast.After the dust cleared, the humans rushed forward to beat and kill the surviving apes.General Thade ordered another wave of troops to attack, and joined the fray himself.The two great gorillas, Krull and Attar, also viciously confronted each other, and Krull was killed.Gaining the upper hand, Thade fought fiercely against Leo, when hostilities were abruptly paused with the loud sound of a sonic boom and a rocket approaching.The next scene, under the credits, was set at red sandstone cliff formations in a semi-desert area, where the real, death-defying IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) was daringly and precariously rock-climbing (while on ""holiday""), without any ropes or other precautions.At first, the proud and bald King refused o see her, as relayed by the Kralahome: "King in bad spirit oday.The original film version ofHis Girl Fridaywas director Lewis Milestone""s big hitThe Front Page (1931), produced by Howard Hughes and released by United Artists.Directed by Irving Rapper, its screenplay by Casey Robinson was based on the 1941 novel by Olive Higgins Prouty (who also wroteStella Dallas).