This was Billy Wilder""s fourth directorial effort, afterThe Major and the Minor (1942),Five Graves to Cairo (1943), and he classic film noirDouble Indemnity (1944).Kirk fought hand-to-hand against Soran as Picard attempted to sabotage the launch of the solar-probe (although Soran cloaked it before it was disarmed); there was a struggle to reach the launch""s remote control pad that had fallen from Soren""s hand, and rested in an inaccessible area when a bridge was blasted into two halves; Kirk valiantly jumped from one bridge half to another to access the remote and was able to decloak the mechanism just before the ribbon arrived, but he fell into the chasm when the bridge collapsed and was mortally wounded; Picard was able to engage the locking clamps on the missile to prevent it from launching; Soran was killed when the missile exploded on its pad.Malcolm stressed that they had to save Caesar""s life: "He""s the only one that can stop this."While avoiding ape patrols were rounding up humans, Malcolm obtained needed medical supplies in his apartment.But Rocky was taking a terrible beating, "twice as bad" as 10 months previously.By the 13th round, both battered and bruised fighters were struggling to stay on their feet.And then just before the 15th and final round, Apollo""s trainer emphasized that he could easily retain the title on points by having Creed just stay away from Rocky: "You""ve got him beat on points, you understand?.Never.I have never seen it.Female companion: What makes saloonkeeper so snobbish?Gentleman: Perhaps if you told him I ran the second largest banking house in Amsterdam.