Its commander, Capt. Yelland (Kirk Douglas), favours smiting the Japs where they sleep; Cmdr Richard Owens (James Farentino) falls for the secretary (Katharine Ross) of a 1940s senator the time travelers save from a Zero attack;
naval intelligence
officer Warren Lasky (Martin Sheen) argues for the prime directive; and the senator in question, Chapman (Charles Durning), demands the opportunity to
warn Pearl Harbor.