Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

1966 · 7 seasons · 171 episodes · Series

Directed by 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, Gerald Mayer, Lewis Allen, Marvin J. Chomsky, Virgil W. Vogel, Stuart Hagmann, Alf Kjellin, Michael O'Herlihy, Bernard L. Kowalski, Richard Benedict, Robert Totten, Marc Daniels, Terry Becker, Harry Harris, Don Richardson, Alan Greedy, Georg Fenady, John Florea, Tom Gries, David Lowell Rich, Leon Benson, Bruce Kessler, Peter Graves, Robert Douglas, Sherman Marks, Seymour Robbie, Herschel Daugherty, Joseph Pevney, Ralph Senensky, Herb Wallerstein, Allen H. Miner, Robert Gist, Robert Butler

Starring Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, Lynda Day George, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Bob Johnson, Leonard Nimoy, Steven Hill, Lesley Ann Warren

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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.

Original language
English
Country
United States
Created by
Bruce Geller
Screenplay
Allan Balter, Laurence Heath, William Read Woodfield, Paul Playdon
Music
Walter Scharf, Duane Tatro, Gerald Fried
Cinematography
Keith C. Smith, Ronald W. Browne, Michel Hugo
Cast
Lynda Day George, Bob Johnson, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Leonard Nimoy, Steven Hill, Lesley Ann Warren

Updated November 8, 2026

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