Mission: Impossible

Failure 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.

Director

Reza Badiyi,Barry Crane,Lee H. Katzin,Leonard Horn,Leslie H. Martinson,Paul Stanley,Paul Krasny,John Llewellyn Moxey,Charles R. Rondeau,Alexander Singer,Murray Golden,Sutton Roley,Marvin J. Chomsky,Gerald Mayer,Virgil W. Vogel,Lewis Allen,Bernard L. Kowalski,Michael O'Herlihy,Stuart Hagmann,Richard Benedict,Alf Kjellin,Robert Totten,Marc Daniels,Terry Becker,Robert Butler,Allen H. Miner,Alan Greedy,David Lowell Rich,Seymour Robbie,Bruce Kessler,Peter Graves,Ralph Senensky,Don Richardson,Sherman Marks,Robert Douglas,Leon Benson,Harry Harris,Joseph Pevney,Georg Fenady,John Florea,Herb Wallerstein,Robert Gist,Herschel Daugherty,Tom Gries

Created by

Bruce Geller

Writers

Paul Playdon,Ken Pettus,Ed Adamson,Leigh Vance