Brent screamed back at their hypocrisy - he knew the bomb was a real defensive weapon: "Is that bomb out there, is that an illusion? It""s operational, isn""t it?" Mendez called them "the keepers of the Divine Bomb.Dolarhyde compelled Lounds to promise to recant his false allegations and tell the truth about him, his work, and his "becoming" ("I am the Dragon, and you call me insane.Cornelius noted that "the weapon which destroyed Earth was man""s own invention...Man destroys man.Apes do not destroy apes." Hasslein defused Cornelius"" anger, explaining that they were simply searching for facts about how apes rose in dominance over men.Its collaborative screenplay was mainly the result of the efforts of Julius J.and Philip G.Epstein and Howard Koch.In all, six writers took the play""s script, and with the models ofAlgiers (1938)andOnly Angels Have Wings (1939)to follow, they transformed the romantic tale into this quintessential classic that samples almost every film genre.It""s-it""s just the sort of thing you do a hundred imes with a child, you know, in the park or in the streets.