"Mission: Impossible" Memory (1966)

Director:

Charles R. Rondeau

Writers:

Robert Lewin (written by)
Bruce Geller (creator)

TV Series:

"Mission: Impossible" (1966)

Original Air Date:

24 September 1966 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

The IMF's target is Janos Karq, a top official of an unnamed Soviet Bloc country. Briggs enlists the help of Joseph Baresh...

Plot Keywords:

Clock Watcher | Mission | Deception | Superspy | Self Destructing Message

Cast

Steven Hill	...	Daniel Briggs
Barbara Bain	...	Cinnamon Carter
Greg Morris	...	Barney Collier
Peter Lupus	...	Willy Armitage
Martin Landau	...	Rollin Hand
Albert Paulsen	...	Joseph Baresh
Leonard Stone	...	Dimitri Soska
Eddie Carroll	...	Street Photographer
William Keene	...	Janos Karq
Heinz Brinkmann	...	1st Guard (as Heinz Brinkman)
Gene Dynarski	...	Sgt. of Guard

Runtime:

60 min

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Desilu Productions

Trivia:

At the start of the episode, Briggs receives his instructions not via a recording, but printed on the back of a business card. Of the episodes which show some sort of instructions being given to the IM Force leader, this is the only one that doesn't involve a recording.

Goofs:

Continuity: The surveillance camera angle in Baresh's cell is quite different from the one used to film Rollin.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[Mr. Briggs initially refuses a candid street photo claim card]
Street Photographer: [insistent] Take it, Mr. Briggs.
[Mr. Briggs stops, accepts the card, and discovers a printed IM Force assignment on its reverse]

Second Episode Is Intense Cold War Tale

The impossible mission of the second episode ("Memory") deals with a plan to make top Russian spy look like he betrayed his comrades. The story is pure Cold War nonsense. Most of the suspense occurs during the second half when the team tries to free one of its agents. Landau is back as Rollin Hand and Albert Paulsen guest stars as a man with an amazing memory who happens to be an alcoholic. The man's on going drinking problem threatens to jeopardize the mission. It is a notch above its predecessor. Barbara Bain steals many scenes and her then real-life husband Landau makes the must of his limited screen time. It is an entertaining show with a mean streak attitude. Very enjoyable.