Mission: Impossible

Sep 17, 1966 (en) Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery [110] Min
  • First Air Date
    Sep 17, 1966
  • Production
    Desilu Productions, Paramount Television
  • Rotten tomato
    76.09%
  • Original title
    Mission: Impossible
  • Release
    Sep 17, 1966
  • en
    -

Failure impossible.

Overview

Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. William Woodfield, Barry Crane, Robert H. Justman, Allan Balter, Joseph Gantman

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Peter Graves

    Jim Phelps

  2. Greg Morris

    Barney Collier

  3. Peter Lupus

    Willy Armitage

  4. Bob Johnson

    Man On Tape (voice)

  5. Lynda Day George

    Dana Lambert

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 5 / Crews : 8

Season 1 ( 1966-09-17)

The first season of the original Mission: Impossible originally aired Saturdays at 9:00-10:00 pm on CBS from September 17, 1966 to January 7, 1967 and at 8:30-9:30 pm from January 14 to April 22, 1967.

Pilot

Episode: 1

Memory

Episode: 2

Operation Rogosh

Episode: 3

Old Man Out (1)

Episode: 4

Old Man Out (2)

Episode: 5

Odds on Evil

Episode: 6

Wheels

Episode: 7

The Ransom

Episode: 8

A Spool There Was

Episode: 9

The Carriers

Episode: 10

Zubrovnik's Ghost

Episode: 11

Fakeout

Episode: 12

Elena

Episode: 13

The Short Tail Spy

Episode: 14

The Legacy

Episode: 15

The Reluctant Dragon

Episode: 16

The Frame

Episode: 17

The Trial

Episode: 18

The Diamond

Episode: 19

The Legend

Episode: 20

Snowball in Hell

Episode: 21

The Confession

Episode: 22

Action!

Episode: 23

The Train

Episode: 24

Shock

Episode: 25

A Cube of Sugar

Episode: 26

The Traitor

Episode: 27

The Psychic

Episode: 28

Season 2 ( 1967-09-10)

The second season of the original Mission: Impossible originally aired Sundays at 10:00-11:00 pm on CBS from September 10, 1967 to March 17, 1968.

The Widow

Episode: 1

Trek

Episode: 2

The Survivors

Episode: 3

The Bank

Episode: 4

The Slave (1)

Episode: 5

The Slave (2)

Episode: 6

Operation Heart

Episode: 7

The Money Machine

Episode: 8

The Seal

Episode: 9

Charity

Episode: 10

The Council (1)

Episode: 11

The Council (2)

Episode: 12

The Astrologer

Episode: 13

Echo of Yesterday

Episode: 14

The Photographer

Episode: 15

The Spy

Episode: 16

A Game of Chess

Episode: 17

The Emerald

Episode: 18

The Condemned

Episode: 19

The Counterfeiter

Episode: 20

The Town

Episode: 21

The Killing

Episode: 22

The Phoenix

Episode: 23

Trial by Fury

Episode: 24

Recovery

Episode: 25

Season 3 ( 1968-09-29)

The third season of the original Mission: Impossible originally aired Sundays at 10:00-11:00 pm on CBS from September 29, 1968 to April 20, 1969.

The Heir Apparent

Episode: 1

The Contender (1)

Episode: 2

The Contender (2)

Episode: 3

The Mercenaries

Episode: 4

The Execution

Episode: 5

The Cardinal

Episode: 6

The Elixir

Episode: 7

The Diplomat

Episode: 8

The Play

Episode: 9

The Bargain

Episode: 10

The Freeze

Episode: 11

The Exchange

Episode: 12

The Mind of Stefan Miklos

Episode: 13

The Test Case

Episode: 14

The System

Episode: 15

The Glass Cage

Episode: 16

Doomsday

Episode: 17

Live Bait

Episode: 18

The Bunker (1)

Episode: 19

The Bunker (2)

Episode: 20

Nitro

Episode: 21

Nicole

Episode: 22

The Vault

Episode: 23

Illusion

Episode: 24

The Interrogator

Episode: 25

Season 4 ( 1969-09-28)

The fourth season of the original Mission: Impossible originally aired Sundays at 10:00-11:00 pm on CBS from September 28, 1969 to March 29, 1970.

The Code

Episode: 1

The Numbers Game (aka: The Key)

Episode: 2

The Controllers (1)

Episode: 3

The Controllers (2)

Episode: 4

Fool's Gold

Episode: 5

Commandante

Episode: 6

Submarine

Episode: 7

Mastermind

Episode: 8

Robot

Episode: 9

The Double Circle

Episode: 10

The Brothers

Episode: 11

Time Bomb

Episode: 12

The Amnesiac

Episode: 13

The Falcon (1)

Episode: 14

The Falcon (2)

Episode: 15

The Falcon (3)

Episode: 16

Chico

Episode: 17

Gitano (aka Toys)

Episode: 18

Phantoms

Episode: 19

Terror

Episode: 20

Lover's Knot

Episode: 21

Orpheus

Episode: 22

The Crane

Episode: 23

Death Squad

Episode: 24

The Choice

Episode: 25

The Martyr

Episode: 26

Season 5 ( 1970-09-19)

The fifth season of the original Mission: Impossible originally aired Saturdays at 7:30-8:30 pm from September 19, 1970 to March 6, 1971. "The Merchant" originally aired Wednesday, March 17, 1971 at 7:30-8:30 pm.

The Killer

Episode: 1

Flip Side

Episode: 2

The Innocent

Episode: 3

Homecoming

Episode: 4

Flight

Episode: 5

My Friend, My Enemy

Episode: 6

Butterfly (aka Poor Butterfly)

Episode: 7

Decoy

Episode: 8

The Amateur

Episode: 9

Hunted

Episode: 10

The Rebel

Episode: 11

Squeeze Play (aka Sicily)

Episode: 12

The Hostage

Episode: 13

Takeover

Episode: 14

Cat's Paw

Episode: 15

The Missile (aka Torpedo)

Episode: 16

The Field

Episode: 17

Blast

Episode: 18

The Cataflaque

Episode: 19

Kitara (aka The Bigot)

Episode: 20

A Ghost Story

Episode: 21

The Party

Episode: 22

The Merchant

Episode: 23

Season 6 ( 1971-09-18)

The sixth season of the original Mission: Impossible originally aired Saturdays at 10:00-11:00 pm on CBS from September 18, 1971 to February 26, 1972.

Blind

Episode: 1

Encore

Episode: 2

The Tram

Episode: 3

Mindbend

Episode: 4

Shape-Up

Episode: 5

The Miracle

Episode: 6

Encounter

Episode: 7

Underwater

Episode: 8

Invasion

Episode: 9

Blues (aka Hard Rock)

Episode: 10

The Visitors

Episode: 11

Nerves

Episode: 12

Run for the Money

Episode: 13

The Connection

Episode: 14

The Bride

Episode: 15

Stone Pillow (aka Big House)

Episode: 16

Image

Episode: 17

Committed

Episode: 18

Bag Woman

Episode: 19

Double Dead

Episode: 20

Casino (aka Vacuum, Rumble)

Episode: 21

Trapped

Episode: 22

Season 7 ( 1972-09-16)

The seventh and final season of the original Mission: Impossible originally aired Saturdays at 10:00-11:00 pm on CBS from September 16 to December 9, 1972 and Fridays at 8:00-9:00 pm from December 22, 1972 to March 30, 1973.

Break!

Episode: 1

Two Thousand

Episode: 2

The Deal

Episode: 3

Leona

Episode: 4

TOD-5 (aka The Carrier)

Episode: 5

Cocaine

Episode: 6

Underground

Episode: 7

Movie

Episode: 8

Hit

Episode: 9

Ultimatum

Episode: 10

Kidnap

Episode: 11

Crack-Up

Episode: 12

The Puppet

Episode: 13

Incarnate

Episode: 14

Boomerang

Episode: 15

The Question

Episode: 16

The Fountain

Episode: 17

The Fighter

Episode: 18

Speed

Episode: 19

The Pendulum

Episode: 20

The Western

Episode: 21

Imitation

Episode: 22
Sep 17, 1966 (en)
Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
[110] Min
  • First Air Date Sep 17, 1966
  • Production
    Desilu Productions, Paramount Television
  • Rotten tomato 76.09%
Original Title Mission: Impossible
en

Failure impossible.

Overview

Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. William Woodfield, Barry Crane, Robert H. Justman, Allan Balter, Joseph Gantman

    Producer