Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Bill Zuckert: Adm. James O. Richardson

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• Adm. James O. Richardson : Look at that entrance to the harbor. Sink one good-sized ship in the channel and you've bottled up our whole fleet. You know as well as l do, this harbor is a mousetrap. Fleet should have stayed in San Diego where it belongs. l made the mistake to point that out to Roosevelt.

• Adm. James O. Richardson : This was my command, and it's become habit to worry about the security of the fleet. I can't forget that the British, flying some old biplanes, torpedoed and sank three ltalian battleships at Taranto. A harbor very much like this one.

  Admiral Husband E. Kimmel : Well, l share your concern, Jim, but CNO doesn't think it can happen here.

  Adm. James O. Richardson : Why not?

  Admiral Husband E. Kimmel : Well, a torpedo dropped from a plane will plunge to a depth of 75 feet or more before it levels off.

  Adm. James O. Richardson : l know and Pearl is only 40 feet deep. l'm still worried, Kim.