International espionage, covert operations, and messages delivered on exploding tape recorders: all in a day's work for the secret agents of the Impossible Mission Force (IMF). Whether they're fighting dictators, evil organisations, or crime lords, this crack team of spies and specialists are perfectly equipped to handle any .. Read more
| Starring | Peter Lupus, Joseph Ruskin, Steven Hill, Peter Graves |
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| Director | Max Hodge |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Television, Thriller |
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International espionage, covert operations, and messages delivered on exploding tape recorders: all in a day's work for the secret agents of the Impossible Mission Force (IMF). Whether they're fighting dictators, evil organisations, or crime lords, this crack team of spies and specialists are perfectly equipped to handle any mission assigned to them by the unseen 'Secretary'. The series has enjoyed a renaissance since the mid '90s with the blockbuster film franchise starring Tom Cruise. This collection contains every episode from the first series of the popular '60s TV show.
| Starring | Peter Lupus, Joseph Ruskin, Steven Hill, Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Sid Haig, Martin Landau, Jack Donner, Greg Morris, George Sawaya, Allen Joseph |
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| Director | Max Hodge |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 22 hrs 27 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Television, Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Spanish, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 20 Nov 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
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Episodes Comprise: 1. Pilot Episode 2. Memory 3. Operation Rogosh 4. Old Man Out (Part 1) ...
Episodes Comprise: 5. Old Man Out (Part 2) 6. Odds On Evil 7. Wheels 8. The Ransom ...
Episodes Comprise: 9. A Spool There Was 10. The Carriers 11. Zubrovnik's Ghost 12. Fakeout ...
Episodes Comprise: 13. Elena 14. The Short Tail Spy 15. The Legacy 16. The Reluctant Dragon ...
Episodes Comprise: 17. The Frame 18. The Trial 19. The Diamond 20. The Legend ...
Episodes Comprise: 21. Snowball In Hell 22. The Confession 23. Action! 24. The Train ...
Episodes Comprise: 25. Shock 26. A Cube Of Sugar 27. The Traitor 28. The Psychic ...
Season 1 of M:I makes very interesting viewing. Firstly it is seldom screened on TV so you need to view this set to get a feel for the early days of this cult TV series. There is no Jim Phelps (Peter Graves), but Dan Briggs (Steven Hill)leading the IMF. There are the familar and long serving members(Rollin, Barney, Willy & Cinnamon)as well as the ocasional guest agent (Star Trek's Mr Sulu & Eartha Kitt to name a few). The early stories set the framework for the rest of the series and are the trademark of M:I overall, as well as that dramatic and catchy music, which makes this an underrated series & worth viewing. Lets hope all 7 seasons get the DVD treatment.
Season 1 and the show is in effect, finding its feet, there is an over-reliance on car chases and punch-ups , devices that later seasons mostly avoided, but the ingenuity of the plots is already here for all to see. Steven Hill (Briggs) was so devoutly religious that he refused to stay for late filming sessions if it conflicted with his religious beliefs, even if the rest of the cast and crew were willing. Sometimes meaning whole sections of plot had to be hastily re-drafted to accommodate this. See for example 'Odds on Evil', where he doesn't appear at all after the set-up scene!