Mission: Impossible
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.
Details
- First aired
- 17 Sept 1966
- Seasons
- 7
- Episodes
- 171
- TMDB 7.6
- Last aired
- 30 Mar 1973
- Genres
Action & Adventure Crime Drama
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- CBS
- Countries
US
- Original language
- en
- Original title
- Mission: Impossible
- Creators
- Cast
- Writers
Allan Balter Laurence Heath William Read Woodfield Paul Playdon Ken Pettus Leigh Vance Ed Adamson Arthur Weiss Howard Browne Jerrold L. Ludwig Ellis Marcus Edward J. Lakso Harold Livingston Robert Lewin James D. Buchanan Mann Rubin Ronald Austin Barney Slater Wesley Lau David Moessinger Robert M. Young Howard Berk Richard M. Sakal Robert E. Thompson John T. Dugan Sy Salkowitz Meyer Dolinsky Judy Burns Leigh Chapman Arthur Rowe Robert Hamner Donald James Julian Barry Walter Brough Norman Katkov Gene R. Kearney John O'Dea Samuel Roeca William Wood Henry Sharp Judith Barrows Lou Shaw Sheldon Stark Marc Norman Helen Hoblock Thompson Edward DeBlasio Buck Houghton Bruce Geller John D. F. Black Alf Harris Jerome Ross John D.F. Black Robert C. Dennis Jackson Gillis Daniel B. Ullman Chester Krumholz Robert Guy Barrows Jerry Thomas James Griffith Max Hodge James L. Henderson - Composer
Walter Scharf Duane Tatro Gerald Fried Benny Golson George Romanis
