After Erik failed in his attempt, the tormenting Schmidt counted to three before maliciously executing Erik""s mother in front of him.I understood as a child.When I became a man, I put away childish things.St.Paul.First Corinthians.Thirteen eleven.Unflappable, he exits with the film""s final line of dialogue: "So long, Bill" (spoken to Sister Falconer""s manager William Morgan (Dean Jagger)) and walks off down the pier with a half-smile on his face, as the film ends."In Metropolis"" commemorative Heroes Park to honor Superman for saving the Earth, wheelchaired double-amputee Wallace Keefe, the paralyzed employee who had been rescued by Bruce Wayne in the rubble of the Wayne Financial building in the film""s opening, was apprehended by police officers for defacing the tall, beloved Superman monument with red spray paint ("FALSE GOD").Although Hepburn had a brilliant performance in this film, she was an unconventional, independent-spirited performer, and this was her last film for RKO - since she had been infamously labeled ""box-office poison"" through most of the 30s.They discussed speaking to the Russian Federation leader - but President Zorkin was reported missing and there was a coup in Moscow, and General Bulgakov was in charge ("the asshole who wanted to use nukes in Chechnya").