Mission: Impossible(1966)

series - first aired/released 1966-09-17 - audience 7.6

Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama

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

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.