Brennan Brown credited as playing...
Joseph Rochefort
- Chester W. Nimitz: I'm told you're brilliant.
- Joseph Rochefort: Well, Lieutenant Commander Layton's been known to exaggerate.
- Chester W. Nimitz: I hope not. He told me he's absolutely certain the Japs are gonna hit Midway, and I need to know whether or not I can believe him.
- Joseph Rochefort: Well, if you don't believe him, we'll all be speaking Japanese. Or -- most likely-- we'll be dead.
- Chester W. Nimitz: Show me how this works.
- Joseph Rochefort: You mean like a tour?
- Chester W. Nimitz: Exactly. Like a tour.
- Joseph Rochefort: Now Washington agrees with us the Japs are going to attack a major target, Codename AF.
- Edwin Layton: But Washington believes AF is located in the South Pacific, which is why they ordered you to keep Enterprise down there.
- Chester W. Nimitz: You have any direct proof that they're wrong?
- Joseph Rochefort: Direct proof, no, but..
- [Nimitz looks doubtful]
- Joseph Rochefort: Sir, imagine you're throwing a wedding, and maybe I've never seen the invitation, but I hear from the caterers that they have an event on a certain day, the flower guy's buying up all the roses on the island, the best band is booked. That's what Signal Intelligence can give you. Clues. Not a definitive answer.