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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 full episode list
Release Date:
17 September 1966 (USA) more
Tagline:
Failure impossible.
Plot:
An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture. full summary
Awards:
Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 10 wins & 25 nominations more
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(21 articles)
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Rarely equalled, never surpassed more (42 total)

Cast

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Greg Morris ... Barney Collier (168 episodes, 1966-1973)

Peter Lupus ... Willy Armitage (158 episodes, 1966-1973)
Bob Johnson ... Voice on Tape (158 episodes, 1966-1973)
Peter Graves ... James Phelps (143 episodes, 1967-1973)
Barbara Bain ... Cinnamon Carter (77 episodes, 1966-1969)

Martin Landau ... Rollin Hand / ... (76 episodes, 1966-1969)
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50 min (168 episodes)
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After five seasons of stories of international intrigue, the IMF spent the final two seasons going after American gangsters. more
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Factual errors: Multiple episodes set in European countries have Barney working on electrical wiring to achieve the team's aim, yet the switchgear, outlets, and other equipment depicted is North American. more
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Cinnamon Carter: You get all the fun.
Rollin Hand: On the contrary. I only get to make up. You get to remove all my make-up, in front of three men who'll kill you if they see what you're doing.
Cinnamon Carter: They'll kill us both.
Rollin Hand: So they would.
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28 out of 30 people found the following review useful.
Rarely equalled, never surpassed, 11 January 2004
Author: hgallon from Derbyshire, UK

One of my fondest memories of TV viewing in the late 60's and 70's, was the weekly hour of tension which Mission Impossible provided. There was the initial bewilderment of trying to work out how on earth the brief flashes of peculiar devices and tension-ridden confrontations could possibly be woven into a coherent plot. Next, there were the wonderfully mundane locations in which Peter Graves would retrieve the briefing materials and the tape which invariably dissolved in a cloud of smoke.

After all the introduction, the remaining fifty minutes was sometimes an anti-climax. More often, it was very satisfying to see the initial vignettes fitted jigsaw-pattern into the plot. Perhaps towards the very end of the series, the plots became a little stilted or physically impossible; but invariably entertaining.

Like most fans of the original series, I found the over-hyped film of the same name to be an facile and shallow work with no redeeming features. I would die happy seeing a film in which Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Greg Morris et al. emerge creaking from retirement to save the day, and as they so often did, drive off leaving thwarted villains to turn on each other.

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