Hundreds of zombies still mingled outside, walking and stumbling about in a stupor and clawing at the building.One early incident included preparing he weekly financial budget (with Mama""s familiar relief: "Is good - we do not have to go to the bank").This was not he first time the subject matter was performed.The screenplay by Howard Koch was based on W.Somerset Maugham""s mid-1920s London stage play (that featured Gladys Cooper in the lead role).Then, it was a Broadway play that opened in 1927 (with Katharine Cornell), followed by Paramount Studios"" talkie of the same name in 1929 with Academy-Award nominated Jeanne Eagels (in her sound film debut) as the female protagonist Leslie Crosbie.At the same time, US military jet fighters and helicopters commanded by Colonel Hardy were dispatched to the farm town and fired missiles at all three aliens...But I do know one thing, it""s not to score touchdowns." On a short race up the road to the barn with Clark, Jonathan collapsed and died of a heart attack.At his father""s gravesite after the funeral, Clark anguished and mourned his father""s death: "All those things I can do, all those powers and I couldn""t even save him.