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17 September 1966 (USA)
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Failure impossible.
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An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture. full summary
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Won 3 Golden Globes.
Another 10 wins
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25 nominations
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(22 articles)
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The Cleverest TV Show Ever
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 6 of 343) | 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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Although the IMF usually received its instructions from a self-destructing reel-to-reel tape, this didn't become the norm until several seasons into the series. In early episodes, Briggs and Phelps got their instructions from other sources such as records and filmstrip projectors. The "tape scenes" for each episode (as they were known) were usually filmed in one block at the start of each season. Peter Graves said he never knew which episode would use which tape scene until it was broadcast.
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Revealing mistakes: In numerous episodes a very tiny black "tape player" is used. It is identifiable by the aluminum tape reels which each have three holes. This was a dummy prop and, in several shots, it is obvious that the tape is a continuous loop running around both reels since the shiny aluminum center of the "takeup" reel is visible rather than the brown tape color.
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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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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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I have got to hand it to the people behind the original Mission Impossible series. Their pilot episode was bound to hook people. Mission Impossible was a winner from the start.
The Impossible Missions Force were a team of agents with no emotional attachments who went on secret missions usually against organized crime or rogue nations. They did not go in and use guns or fists to fight a problem-the name of the game was manipulation, deception, trickery, fraud, you name it. The agents were in fact anti-heroes who stooped to the level of the bad guys themselves. But I still loved them for it.
It would be unfair to reveal any of the intricate details of the plots for the series but let's just say they were clever. Mission Impossible was a show that required a viewer's full attention-you simply couldn't switch onto an episode halfway through and expect to know what's going on. Mission Impossible was clever throughout it's entire run. The IMF always had a plan which had to be strictly adhered to for it to be a success. They used every mean trick in the book to bring the bad guys down and they always slipped away at the end without the bad guys ever finding out who they were. In fact, quite a few episodes involved the bad guys falling out with each other after believing the other one was out to get him when in fact it was the IMF who had set it all up.
A clever show indeed-highly recommended.