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Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)

TV Series | TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

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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.

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Greg Morris

Barney Collier

(171 episodes, 1966-1973)
Peter Lupus

Willy Armitage

(161 episodes, 1966-1973)
Peter Graves

James Phelps

(143 episodes, 1967-1973)
Barbara Bain

Cinnamon Carter

(78 episodes, 1966-1969)
Martin Landau

Rollin Hand

(76 episodes, 1966-1969)

Creator:

Bruce Geller

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Did You Know?

Television Producer Bernard L. Kowalski, who'd been immensely impressed by the general mood and style of The Ipcress File (1965), requested that a similar ambiance and urgency be emulated for this show.

Quotes

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. Good luck, Jim. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds.

Goofs

In almost every episode someone has to pick a lock. They insert the pick, wiggle it a few times and open the door. To actually open a lock you must also rotate the cylinder just as you do with a key. For this you would use a second "L" or "Z" shaped pick to exert pressure while you moved the pins with the first pick. This is never done.

Crazy Credits

Episode titles were not shown on-screen. Although this became commonplace with dramatic series in the late 1980s, it was unusual in the 1960s for a one-hour action series to not have episode titles.