Impossible is an american television series created and initially produced by bruce geller, chronicling the exploits of a team of secret government agents known as the impossible missions force imf. Impossible was a television series that aired from 1966 to 1973 on cbs and from 1988 to 1990 on abc. Impossible premiered on september 17th, 1966 and ran for seven seasons before ending in 1973. In later seasons, as the vietnam era made younger audiences wary of american intervention in foreign affairs, the imf spent less time toppling foreign dictators and preventing nuclear war, and more. He has received five grammy awards and six oscar nominations. Associated with the jazz music genre, schifrin is also noted. Boris claudio lalo schifrin born june 21, 1932 is an argentineamerican pianist, composer, arranger and conductor.
Series 4 sees leonard nimoy fresh from playing mr spock in star trek join the cast. An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to. The mission impossible tv series ran for 7 seasons on cbs, sept 1966 to march 1973. Impossible missions force was a sensation from the beginning. With its combination of cold war villains and james bondlike technogadgets, mission. The head of the impossible missions force, a topsecret government group of operatives, starts a tape recorder and finds out about his latest assignment. The character of willy armitage was the strong, silent type, usually with very little dialogue. Impossible stood out from the pack because it was more hightoned and buttoneddown. Seasons 1 to 9 peter graves as jim phelps seasons 2 to 9.
It inspired a series of theatrical motion pictures starring tom cruise beginning in 1996. Impossible had a sense of pizzazz common to the cinema of the midtolate 60s, though relatively new to television. There was a revival run of the show on abc which started in 1988 and lasted 2 seasons. Each episode deals with the imf performing a mission, usually with world leaders, rogue figures and in later episodes the mob underworld or known by the imf as. Theyre planning a huge shipment in 72 hours and the imf must stop them and recover the drug.
Notable roles include makia in five weeks in a balloon and lt. Impossible fallout finds ethan hunt tom cruise and his imf team alec baldwin, simon pegg, ving rhames along with some familiar allies rebecca ferguson, michelle monaghan in a race against time after a mission gone wrong. Impossible never really waveredunlike 60s secretagent series the man from u. Greg morris, lynda day george mission impossible 1972 this is a beautiful picture. A result of a writers strike in the late 80s, it was decided to make a second generation series of mission impossible episodes.
Impossible, the 196673 espionage tv show, cbsparamount has released yet another boxed set of all 171 episodes. Carl reid, a syndicate cocaine distributor and his chief supplier fernando laroca have created an undetectable series of pickup and payoff locations that have baffled conventional law enforcement agencies. The original series premiered on the cbs network in september 1966 and consisted of 171 onehour episodes running over seven seasons before ending in march 1973. In the 80s, i did catch several episodes of this show on latenight network tv with subpar picture, and liked what i. Cast steven hill as dan briggs season 1 barbara bain as cinnamon carter seasons 1 to 3 peter lupus as willy armitage seasons 1 to 7 greg morris as barney collier seasons 1 to 7 bob johnson as voice on tape uncredited. Impossible episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. New voyages, a fancreated show distributed over the internet. Impossible tv series 19661973 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Barbara ann luna born march 2, 1939, also stylized as barbara luna, is an american actress from film, television and musicals. Imry rogosh is a mass murderer who kills to forment political upheaval. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. See more ideas about mission impossible, mission impossible tv and classic tv. Impossible is an american television series created and initially. Impossible starting january 5 sunday nights at 2 am central on most m e tv stations add to favorites remind me having a collection of coldwar villains and james bondesque gadgets, mission.
Armitage was the impossible missions forces muscle man, and featured in nearly all episodes of the series. Marlena moreau in the classic star trek episode mirror, mirror. Impossible is a multimedia franchise based on fictional secret espionage agency known as impossible missions force imf. Original mission impossible tv series minidocumentary 2012. The imfs target is janos karq, a top official of an eastern bloc country. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series mission. The inspired cast, fastmoving plots, neat gadgets, prerecorded tapes that selfdestruct all these elements made this brilliant show one of televisions crowning achievements.
Impossible australian revival 198890 barbara bain martin landau series. This article lists both broadcast order and production order, which often differed considerably. If youve held off until now to buy the complete series of mission. Impossible was an instant hit when it premiered on september 17, 1966. Later cast members included lee meriwether who gueststarred in 8 episodes as tracey, lesley ann warren as dana lambert, and sam elliott as doug robert. Impossible and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. With peter graves, barbara bain, greg morris, peter lupus. In 2004 and 2010 she appeared in the first and sixth episodes of star trek. Ctva ctva us adventure series ctva australian series guide peter graves series. In the 1960 s, this set also appeared in episodes of various television series, including mission impossible, batman and hogans heroes. An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
Steven hill, greg morris, peter lupus, martin landau, barbara bain, bob johnson, peter graves, leonard nimoy. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to try to get lalo schifrins pulsating theme music out of your head once you start humming it. This series consists of updated versions of rewritten scripts from the original 60s series, although you might hardly notice that. What were the opening words of the tv show mission. Impossible 1966 season 2 opening schifrin and variations edited by trent pruitt. The mission impossible tv show was a 60 minute spy action series on cbs and each episode started in the same way. Jim phelps takes charge for the remaining seasons, played by peter graves. Tv pg season 1 season 2 season 3 season 4 season 5 season 6 season 7.
He is best known for his large body of film and tv scores since the 1950s, including the theme from mission. Raymond halder is the owner of a chain of clinics and runs a drug counterfeiting ring. Briggs and the im force, along with the help of joseph baresh, an alcoholic performer whos got a photographic memory plan to have information given from a seemingly credible source that karqs a traitor. Season 1 season 2 season 3 season 4 season 5 season 6 season 7.
A good portion of each episode relied on images instead of dialogue, and between the subjective camerawork and the propulsive lalo schifrin scorewhich made even moments of nothingness seem fraught with tensionmission. The first season was the only season in which steven hill dan briggs was part of the main cast. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the impossible missions force. Lupus played willy armitage in the original mission. Impossible is an american television series that was created and initially produced by bruce geller. Originally released as pricey, standalone single season sets beginning in 2006, a complete series set, amusingly made to resemble a keg of dynamite, followed in 2012. Each episode opens with a fastpaced montage of shots from that episode which. The 1966 tv series ran for 7 seasons and was revived in 1988 for two seasons. Late in the shows run, during season five, the producers decided that his character was. Mission impossible 1966 1973 tv series cbs youtube. And even though martin landau rollin hand was in almost every episode he does not appear. The original tv action drama centering on the activities of the i. Classic tv shows mission impossible with peter graves. The impossible mission this time is to recover the multimillion dollar booty stolen by a family of smugglers.
Also a wider cast of the impossible mission force from here on. There was never really any sense that the series was finding itself through the first episodes. In the first season, the team is led by dan briggs, played by steven hill. The arab village also appeared in the star trek episode, errand of mercy. Impossible chronicles the exploits of the impossible missions force imf, an elite american covert. Overview the first season lasted from september 17, 1966 to april 22, 1967, and consisted of 28 episodes, two of which were part of a 2part episode old man out. Mission impossible was the first grown up television series i was allowed to watch, and it made a huge impression. Peter graves as jim phelps 19671973 greg morris as barney collier peter lupus as willy armitage. Jim phelps, played by peter graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. The series was the brainchild of creatorproducer bruce geller, whose formula for seven successful seasons included a wellchosen ensemble cast.
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