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Overview
Release Date:
17 September 1966 (USA) morePlot:
An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture. full summaryAwards:
Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 9 wins & 25 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Actor Darren McGavin Dies at 83 (From WENN. 27 February 2006)
Actor Darren McGavin Dies at 83 (From WENN. 24 February 2006)
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The Cleverest TV Show Ever moreCast
(Series Cast Summary - 6 of 343) | Greg Morris | ... | Barney Collier (169 episodes, 1966-1973) |
| Bob Johnson | ... | Voice on Tape (158 episodes, 1966-1973) |
 | Peter Lupus | ... | Willy Armitage (157 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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60 min (168 episodes) | Argentina:60 minCountry:
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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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In the pilot episode "Pilot", Wally Cox was a member of the IMF team named Terry Targo. moreGoofs:
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. moreQuotes:
[repeated line]Voice on Tape: As always, should you or any of your IM force be caught or killed,, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim.
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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.