He was bewildered and shocked by the discoveries.He climbed down onto the subway tracks and held up another rusted sign: NEW YORK SUMMER FESTIVAL.He pondered outloud about the destruction of the world: "God Almighty.This used to be my home.I-I lived here, worked here.What - what happened? What could've happened? My God, did we finally do it? Did we finally really do it?"In the Ape City temple with a statue of the Lawgiver, the orangutan Ape Minister (Thomas Gomez) clad in purple, blessed General Ursus' troops on the "eve of a holy war" as they were about to embark on their trip against their "brutish enemies.[This speech single-handedly won the Academy Award for Broderick Crawford.] He identifies himself with the hick audience (composed of farmers, workers, hicks, and red-necks) that is awestruck by his words.Stepping in front of a window while holding Loomis's body, Michael was shot twice by Sheriff Brackett and fell onto the spikes of some farming equipment(# 20 death).He had wanted Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck (and Joan Fontaine) in the lead roles, but had to settle for Joel McCrea and Laraine Day.