"Good morning, Mr. Phelps. In exactly
five days, Archbishop Djelas, the ecclesiastic patriot of Povia, must
name a regent to succeed the King, who died recently, leaving no
heir. This man, General Envir Qaisette, has vowed that, unless he is
named regent, he will seize the throne in a bloody coup d'état.
If he succeeds, Povia, a free constitutional monarchy, will become a
military dictatorship. Your mission, Jim, should you decided to
accept it, is to stop Qaisette. As always, should you or any of your
IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any
knowledge of your actions. This tape will self-destruct in five
seconds. Good luck, Jim."
The IMF's mission is to prevent a dictator
from taking over a "free" monarchy as the king has left no
heir. Cinnamon plays a long lost princess to prevent a regent from
taking power. Meanwhile General Qaisette plans to seize the throne in
a coup if he isn't named.
Director: Alexander Singer, Writer: Robert
E. Thompson
Guest starring: Charles Aidman, Torin
Thatcher, Rudy Solari, Leonidas Ossetynski, Diana Bourbon, Fred
Villani, Alphonse Martell, Peter Hellman, Max Klevin, Brian Wood,
Joseph Tornatore, George Sawaya
2.
The Contender (Part
1)
October 6, 1968
3.
The Contender (Part
2)
October 13, 1968
"Good morning, Mr. Phelps. The man
you are looking at is Charles Buckman, who is attempting to gain a
stranglehold on all forms of professional and amateur sports. If he
succeeds, the United States will be ostracized from world community
athletics and our enemies handed a propaganda weapon of immeasurable
value. Buckman's main financing comes from boxing. He works in
association with this man, Dan Whelan, whose syndicate controls the
betting on the fights Buckman rigs. Your mission, Jim, should you
decide to accept it, is to eliminate Buckman and his plans once and
for all. As always, should you or any member of your IM Force be
caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your
actions. Please dispose of this recording in the usual manner. Good
luck, Jim."
- voice on tape
The IMF go after a crooked fight promoter
who has gained a stranglehold over boxing and wants to extend the
Syndicate's influence into other sports worldwide. The promoter is
ruthless, as demonstrated when he orders a boxer killed because he
would not take a dive. Phelps recruits a former fighter whose hands
were ruined for boxing because of his military service. Barney trains
as a boxer, assuming the former fighter's identity and attracts the
interest of the crooked promoter.
In part 2 Phelps narrowly avoids discovery
by hoods (thanks to Rollin) and is able to complete installing
special devices that will enable Barney to win his demonstration
fight. Barney now becomes a contender for the title. Phelps & Co.
also work to create doubt among the Syndicate backers of the crooked
fight promoter being targeted by the IMF. But the job won't be easy.
Before the mission is completed, Rollin's life will be endangered and
Barney will be involved in a savage boxing match.
Director: Paul Stanley, Writer: Allan
Balter / William Read Woodfield
Guest starring: Ron Randell, John Dehner,
Sugar Ray Robinson, Robert Phillips, Ron Rich, Wayne McLaren, Thomas
Geas, Joey Giambra, James Gambina, Jimmy Lennon Sr., Lee Grossman,
Biff Elliott, Angus Duncan, Robert Conrad, Alex Daoud
Robert Conrad guest stars as a sparing
partner helping Barney train as a boxer. In real life Conrad has been
involved with boxing and martial arts, and since his name in this
episode is "Bobby", one could assume he was playing himself.
4.
The Mercenaries
October 27, 1968
"Good afternoon, Mr. Phelps. You're
looking at Colonel Hans Krim, the leader of a mercenary army
currently ravaging Equatorial Africa. Ostensibly, Krim fights for the
cause of emerging nations, but, in reality, he is nothing but a
military gangster who plunders ally and enemy alike. Krim and his
mercenaries have converted their loot into gold bars, which are kept
within the enclave used as headquarters. Your mission, Jim, is to
destroy Krim and return the gold. As always, should you or any of
your IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any
knowledge of your actions. Good luck, Jim."
- voice on tape
A mercenary army in Central Africa led by
Krim is destabilizing the region, and stockpiling stolen gold. Phelps
and the IMF capitalize on Krim's greed, and manipulate him into
arranging the theft of his own gold bullion stored in a seemingly
impenetrable vault.
Director: Paul Krasny, Writer: Laurence Heath
Guest starring: William Lucking, Bo
Svenson, Skip Homeier, Beatriz Montiel, Boyd Santell, Pernell
Roberts, Vic Tayback
In order to steal the gold the IMF team
heats the vault hot enough to melt the gold bars (2200 degrees F).
Melting the gold in the vault at over 2200°F would very likely
cause severe damage to the concrete in the vault. Concrete will begin
to suffer structural damage above about 600°F. Also, immediately
after getting the gold, they spray paint over the walls and floor.
The paint would burn, or at least blister if sprayed on the heated
walls. When Krim enters the vault he doesn't notice the heat or the
smell of paint. It would take at least 36 hours for the walls to cool
to room temperature.
5.
The Execution
November 10, 1968
"Good morning, Mr. Phelps. The man
you're looking at is Lewis Parma who by extortion, kidnapping, and
murder, is close to taking control of the food distribution industry
in the entire United States. Though his control of food prices, Parma
is now moving closer to positions of power in other important areas
of business, labor, and government. Your mission, should you decide
to accept it, is to put Lewis Parma out of business. As always,
should you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary
will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This tape will
self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim."
- voice on tape
A local mobster has taken over control of
the food distribution throughout the U.S. In order to nail him, the
IMF must get to his contract killer. So, an elaborate scheme is put
into place where a prison is set up in a warehouse, and the killer is
made to believe that he is going to be executed within the next 2
hours unless he turns informant on his boss.
Director: Alexander Singer, Writer: Allan
Balter / William Read Woodfield
Guest starring: Luke Askew, Vincent
Gardenia, Val Avery, Byron Keith, Kay Kimberly, Alex Sharp
The calendar for November 1971 shows
November 1st, 1971 as falling on a Friday. November 1st, 1971
actually fell on a Monday.
6.
The Cardinal
November 17, 1968
"Good morning, Mr. Phelps. The man
you're looking at is General Casimir Zepke, who is plotting to make
himself a dictator. One man stands between Zepke and absolute power -
Stanislaus Cardinal Souchek, whose influence with the people has kept
his country free. We have learned that Zepke imprisoned the Cardinal
six weeks ago when he entered Zolnar Monastery for his annual
retreat. Zepke intends to replace him with an exact double who will
endorse Zepke, guaranteeing his final seizure of power. Your mission,
Jim, should you decide to accept it, is to save Cardinal Souchek and
stop Zepke. As always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught
or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.
This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim."
- voice on tape
Behind the Iron Curtain, an ambitious
general has imprisoned a Cardinal who is his nation's spiritual
leader. General Zepke has replaced the Cardinal with a double. All
the monks and nuns at a monastery where the Cardinal is staying are
really troopers commanded by the general. The plot calls for the
double to make a televised speech endorsing a takeover by the
general. Phelps & Co. must rescue the Cardinal. The IMF's plan
includes Rollin impersonating another Cardinal and Phelps pretending
to be a doctor.
Director: Sutton Roley, Writer: John T. Dugan
Guest starring: Theodore Bikel, Paul
Stevens, Barbara Babcock, Michael Masters, Gary Pagett, Allen Bleiweiss
During the "tape scene," the
tape recorder that Phelps is playing first has a take-up reel that
has much more tape than the left-hand reel that is still to play;
then in two consecutive shots, there is as much or more tape on the
first reel than on the take-up reel; then just before the tape
"self destructs," the take-up reel again has more tape than
the other reel.
7.
The Elixir
November 24, 1968
"Good morning, Mr. Phelps. The woman
you're looking at is Riva Santel, widow of the last President of San
Cordova. Riva has always been the active power behind the throne and
she arranged to make herself the focus of an intense personality
cult. The people of San Cordova have been systematically
propagandized into revering her face and name. In 22 hours, this man,
Deputy Premier Tomas Avilla, plans to announce free elections.
However, Riva plans to make a televised speech in which she will
announce her takeover as dictator of San Cordova. Your mission, if
you decided to accept it, is to stop the coup planned by Riva Santel
and to make possible free elections in San Cordova. As always, should
you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will
disavow any knowledge of your actions. This tape will self-destruct
in ten seconds. Good luck, Jim."
- voice on tape
Riva Santel is the center of a national
personality cult. She plans to suspend the upcoming elections and
rule as a dictator. Craving eternal beauty even more than power, the
IMF lead Santel to believe that Cinnamon is actually a woman in her
late 60s. While Santel is preoccupied with the IMF rejuvenation
procedure, Barney and Willy edit her national speech into a farewell
address. In the end, an extremely youthful looking Riva Santel is
kicked out of her own home by security personnel who don't recognize her.
Director: John Florea, Writer: Max Hodge
Guest starring: Ruth Roman, Morgan Sterne,
George Gaynes, Ivor Barry, Richard Angarola, Arthur Eisner, Cosmo
Sardo, Marco Lopez, Charles Picerni, Irene Kelly, Victor Paul, Alfred Shelly
After Willy re-wires the electrical
outlet, you can see it is upside down as he is putting the faceplate
back on. When he goes to plug in the extension cord, the outlet is
now right-side-up
8.
The Diplomat
December 1, 1968
"Good morning, Mr. Phelps. The day
before yesterday, information pinpointing the locations of America's
four missile control centers was stolen. A Major Barrett and several
other enemy agents involved were arrested but not before the
information was delivered to this man, Valentin Yetrov, military
attaché at the Embassy in Washington. As usual with vital
information, it must be verified before it can be acted upon. Yetkov
has given that assignment to Roger Toland, his top agent in
diplomatic circles. Jim, if this information is confirmed, this
country will be vulnerable to a pre-emptive missile strike. Your
mission, should you decided to accept it, is to prevent this. As
always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the
Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This tape will
self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim."
- voice on tape
Information vital to the defense of the
U.S. has fallen into the hands of an enemy power. With no hope of
retrieving it, the IMF stages an elaborate plot to try to make the
foreign country's diplomats believe that the information is true -
hoping that if they discover that the U.S. is behind this plan, this
knowledge will ironically cause them to disbelieve the information.
Director: Don Richardson, Writer: Jerry Ludwig
Guest starring: Lee Grant, Alfred Ryder,
Fernando Lamas, Allen Pinson, Larry Barton, Lou Robb, Allen
Bleiweiss, Harry Basch, Russ Conway, Donald Randolph, Sid Haig
The payoff money is given out in $1,000
bills. Assuming that the events are contemporaneous with the air
date, this was about six months before all bills greater than $100
were withdrawn from circulation. This was done to foil counterfeiters
and to make illegal transactions involving large sums of cash more difficult.
9.
The Play
December 8, 1968
"Good morning, Mr. Phelps. This man,
Miklos Kuro, Minister of Culture and Director of the Theater of the
UCR, has been bombarding his people with vicious, anti-American
propaganda to discredit the UCR's Premier, Leon Vados. Considered a
progressive behind the Iron Curtain, Vados is attempting to negotiate
a non-aggression agreement behind his country and ours. Your mission
is to stop Kuro before he destroys all hopes for peace between our
two countries. As always, should you or any of your IM Force be
caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your
actions. Please dispose of this recording in the usual manner. Good
luck, Jim."
- voice on tape
Milos Kuro, the Minister of Culture of the
UCR, a country behind the Iron Curtain, bombards his country with
anti-American propaganda, hoping to undermine the pro-Western Premier
Leon Vados. The IMF tries to discredit Kuro by enticing him with an
anti-American play that they hope he will stage in his home country -
then using some classic IMF techniques to make a few carefully
calculated changes to the text of the play.
Director: Lee H. Katzin, Writer: Lou Shaw
Guest starring: John Colicos, Barry
Atwater, John McLiam, Michael Tolan, Charles Maxwell, Jason Wingreen,
Clete Roberts, Ed McCready, Socrates Ballis, Essence Alexander, Bruno
Vesota, Dave Armstrong, Charles Napier, Joe Prete
Jerry Reed (not credited) plays the guard
with the dog outside the theatre, when the truck pulls up to deliver
the conference table.
When the limousine carrying "Vitol
Enzor" (who is wearing a Rollin mask) is allowed to drive across
the border, the camera operator and the background are mirrored in
the reflective black paint of the car, and a boom crane with a
spotlight is also visible in the side window glass.
10.
The Bargain
December 15, 1968
"There's no way we van break in?"
- Willy Armitage
A former dictator, now in exile in Miami,
plans to make a deal with the Syndicate to finance a coup that will
return him to rule his homeland in exchange for his promise to
legalize gambling in the country once he regains power. The IMF
agents use the dictator's fondness for gourmet food to gain entry to
his house in order to make sure that the bargain never takes place.
Director: Richard Benedict, Writer: Robert
E. Thompson
Guest starring: Albert Paulsen, Warren
Stevens, Nata Esformes, Phillip Pine, Phil Posner, James Wellman,
Gregg Martell, Jay Jostyn, Richard Karie, Ken Strange
A California state flag can be seen
hanging outside of the hotel, which is supposed to be set in Miami.
The IMF wants gangster Frank Layton
(Warren Stevens) to believe that Gen. Neyron (Albert Paulsen) has
signed a contract with a reclusive billionaire to double-cross the
Syndicate. To do this, they forge Neyron's signature on a substitute
contract that supposedly deals with gambling rights in the General's
home country. The creators apparently borrowed a standard form
entertainment agreement as a prop, however; the text immediately
above the signature line, which is visible in a couple of shots even
without freeze-framing the picture, deals with television and
production rights.
When Gen. Neyron is playing Solitaire, he
lays the 7 of diamonds on the 8 of spades. When the shot returns to
his hand and his vision fades in and out, there is nothing on the 8
of spades and the 7 of diamonds is still in his hand.
11.
The Freeze
December 23, 1968
"I can freeze you but..."
- James
Phelps
Albert Jenkins, who robbed an armored car
five years ago, double-crossed his associates and hid the $10
million. He gets himself arrested as Raymond Barret on a burglary
charge he did not commit so he can wait out the statute of
limitations on the armored car robbery from the safety of his cell.
The IMF must bring him to justice with an elaborate
scam-within-a-scam faking a fatal disease and making Jenkins believe
he has been in cryogenic sleep for 12 years.
Director: Alexander Singer, Writer: Paul Playdon
Guest starring: Pat Newby, Carol Andreson,
Walter Mathews, Vince Howard, Milt Kogan, Lucetta Jenison, John
Zaremba, Donnelly Rhodes
Rollin Hand, posing as a Doctor, orders
"5 cc's of Cordrazine" for Raymond Barrett. This is the
same fictional drug with which Dr. McCoy is accidentally injected in
the episode "City on the Edge of Forever".
When Barney is creating the fake
human-freezing machine he begins to test out its refrigeration
capabilities. The camera moves to a gage that reads "Chamber
Temperature Centigrade" and we first see it at approximately 51
degrees, already rapidly moving down. The problem is that 51 degrees
centigrade is 124 degrees Fahrenheit, and with this fake machine it
would have started roughly at room temperature.
12.
The Exchange
January 4, 1969
"How
do you feel?"
- James
Phelps
"Free."
- Cinnamon
Carter
The episode opens with a mission already
underway in a foreign country. But an unforeseeable accident causes
Cinnamon Carter to be captured by the foreign government just as she
completes the original mission successfully. With time running out as
she's being interrogated by her captors, the rest of the IMF hatches
a desperate plan to regain her freedom: break the other country's top
spy out of prison in the West, try to trick him out of the
information he's holding, and then offer to exchange him for Cinnamon.
Director: Alexander Singer, Writer:
Laurence Heath
Guest starring: John Vernon, Curt Lowens,
Will Kuluva, Michael Bell, Robert Ellenstein, Bob Homel, Dick Ziker,
Kenneth Karols, Katey Barrett
When her captors try to interrogate
Cinnamon Carter they try to break her after finding out that she is
claustrophobic and she is locked up in a series of smaller and
smaller rooms. This was kind of a mischievous trick on Bain by the
producers and writers, knowing Bain was claustrophobic in real life.
"Fortunately," says Bain, "there were only three walls
because of the cameras."
As soon as Rudolf Kurtz has finished being
debriefed Rollin leaps out of the wheelchair and dashes out of the
fake office the IMF team created on an elevated platform. Willy leads
a bewildered Kurtz out of the office - clearly walking around the
wheelchair - where he can see they are still in the warehouse.
Rollin's wheelchair has magically transported itself to the warehouse floor.
Untitled
13. The
Mind of Stefan Miklos
January 12, 1969
"This is quite an honor sir..."
- George Simpson
Walter Townsend is discovered to be a
double-agent and the U.S. government has leaked false information to
him. However, Townsend's contact Simpson has discovered the
information is false and reported to his superiors who send another
agent, Stefan Miklos, to determine the truth. The IMF's job is to
"assist" Miklos in reaching the "correct"
conclusion, while letting him believe that he has determined for
himself that the information is true.
Director: Robert Butler, Writer: Paul Playdon
Guest starring: Arland Schubert, Joe
Breen, Vic Perrin, Jason Evers, Steve Ihnat, Edward Asner
14. The
Test Case
January 19, 1969
"The subject is dead."
- Dr. Oswald Beck
A scientist of an enemy power, Dr. Oswald
Beck, has developed a bacteria which causes cerebral spinal
meningitis and mutated it into a form that kills and then becomes
inert after a few hours. The IMF must destroy the preliminary culture
and stop Beck.
Director: Sutton Roley, Writer: Laurence Heath
Guest starring: Bob Bralver, Michael
Masters, Larry Vincent, Bart La Rue, Laurence Haddon, Paul Carr,
Richard Bull, Noah Keen, David Hurst
Jim Phelps (Peter Graves) describes
Cinnamon Carter (Barbara Bain) to Captain Olni (Noah Keen) as "in
her late 20's". Bain was in fact 37 at the time. Editors note:
Wait, what? Really? 37?
Rolland is posing as a prisoner being
tested for a virus in a foreign country. During the experiment his
heartbeat is monitored and the result printed on a paper by a
computer. In two different scenes on the paper printout we can read
"Rockville Center, NY". Our nitpickers figure the only
explanation for this is that maybe this foreign country bought this
equipment surplus from the Rockville Center. Or maybe they just stole it?
15. The
System
January 26, 1969
"Sooner of later you are going to
believe me."
- James
Phelps
A gangster, Constantine Victor (aka
"Mr. V") has had the last witness against him on a murder
indictment killed. Johnny Costa, Victor's associate and a casino
owner, is the only one with enough evidence to get Victor convicted.
The IMF have 24 hours to convince Costa that he's the next name on
Mr. V's hit list.
Director: Robert Gist, Writer: Robert Hamner
Guest starring: James Patterson, Robert
Yuro, Peter Marko, Art Lewis, Tony Giorgio, Joel Lawrence, Val Avery,
George Washburn, Joseph D'Angelo
Because the script required so much
overdubbing of the voice of Constantine Victor, such as: a recording
Rollin studies to perfect his impression of the syndicate boss,
dubbing of Martin Landau as Rollin does his impression and a
recording of Rollin's impression played back so the IMFer appears to
talk to Victor over a telephone, voice-over artist Vic Perrin rather
than the role's credited but only briefly seen actor Val Avery is
heard throughout.
16. The
Glass Cage
February 2, 1969
"Now, Major Zelinko is suave and
charming and totally dedicated to his escape-proof prison. And that's
exactly what it is: escape-proof. So, since we can't get Reisner out,
we'll get them to hand him to us."
- James Phelps
Anton Reisner, a reistance leader in a
tyrannical country, has been imprisoned in the automated Trast Prison
and is being tortured by Major Zelinko in order to get the names of
the other resistance leaders. The IMF must get him out of the prison.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey / Alf
Harris, Writer: Paul Playdon
Guest starring: Lloyd Bochner, Larry
Linville, Richard Garland, Lou Robb, George Perina, Alfred Shelly,
Max Klevin
At around the 46-52 minute mark, Barbara
Bain's character is looking in the file drawer for Reisner's file,
the file she originally found and the one she pulled are not the
same. The name "Reisner" is clearly written in two
different handwriting styles.
When Cinnamon releases the towel-wrapped
package from the secret briefcase compartment onto the bed in the
jail cell, the package is flat and rectangular and fitted nicely in
the secret compartment. When Willy and Barney return to their cell,
the package is big and lumpy and could not have fit into the secret
briefcase compartment.
17. Doomsday
February 16, 1969
"Good morning, Jim. The man you're
looking at is Carl Vandaam, the European tycoon whose overextended
industrial empire is on the verge of financial collapse. To raise
ready cash, Vandaam has masterminded the theft of enough
plutonium-240 to manufacture a hydrogen bomb, which he intends to
sell to the highest bidder. If an aggressive, small nation should
purchase and use this weapon, it could lead to World War III. Your
mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it, is to recover the
plutonium and put Vandaam out of business. As always, should you or
any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow
any knowledge of your actions. This tape will self-destruct in five
seconds. Good luck, Jim."
- voice
on tape
Carl Vandaam, a bankrupt European tycoon,
is masterminding the theft of plutonium to make a hydrogen bomb and
sell to the highest bidder. To keep such a bomb from falling into the
wrong hands the IMF must stop Vandaam.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey, Writer:
Laurence Heath
Guest starring: Alf Kjellin, Arthur
Batanides, Sid Haig, Philip Ahn, Khigh Dhiegh, Wesley Lau, Arthur
Peterson, Scott Walker, Josh Adams, Tony Mancini, Craig Chudy, Chuck
Couch, Lee Duncan, George Wilbur
Jim's photo of General Castillo is a reuse
of a picture of General Dominguez from the pilot. When Rollin later
shows up in disguise, he looks nothing like the man in the photo.
This is something that may have gone unnoticed watching the episode
on a 1969 TV set but can be easily spotted on todays big screen TVs.
18. Live
Bait
February 23, 1969
"How can you be sure?"
- Rollin Hand
Selby, a double-agent for the U.S. within
an enemy country's intelligence service, is suspected by his
superior, Kellerman. The IMF must keep Selby in the clear and
eliminate Kellerman.
Director: Meyer Dolinsky / Stuart Hagmann,
Writer: Ronald Austin / Meyer Dolinsky
Guest starring: Anthony Zerbe, Martin
Sheen, John Crawford, Diana Ewing, Ed Gilbert, Bert Holland, Dick
Dial, Dick Ziker, Stephanie Epper
Although the episode is set in a Soviet
bloc country, the opening establishing shot is clearly Switzerland,
with a Swiss flag flying on one of the buildings.
19. The
Bunker (Part 1)
March 2, 1969
20. The
Bunker (Part 2)
March 9, 1969
"Can I be of any assistance, Dr. Rojak?"
- Dr.
Dromm
"Certainly, Dromm. You may get me
some coffee."
- Dr.
Erich Rojak
Dr. Erich Rojak, a brilliant scientist, is
being held in an underground bunker containing a laboratory where he
is forced to work on a small but extremely powerful long-range
missile. If he succeeds, the missile has the potential to change the
balance of power between the East and the West. Rojak is cooperating
only because his totalitarian government is holding his wife, Anna,
and threatens to kill her unless he completes the missile. The IMF's
assignment is to rescue Rojak and his wife and to destroy his missile
research. But another unfriendly government has sent professional
killer Alexander Ventlos to make certain Rojak never completes his work.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey, Writer:
Paul Playdon
Guest starring: David Sheiner, Lee
Meriwether, Milton Selzer, George Fisher, Jack Donner, George
Sperdakos, Ray Baxter, Gene Benton, Paul Lukather, Martin Kosleck,
Jacques Denbeaux, Walter Alzman, Bruce Mars, Burt Kramer, Jason Heller
The signs in the laboratory of this
unnamed foreign totalitarian country include words extremely close to
English, such as "On and Offe", "Ground Levul"
and "Danjer," as well as ordinary English words like
"Fuel Mix" to which have been added umlauts. Since the
actors use the vaguely "foreign" pronunciations such as
"v" for "w" (Russian) and "v" for
"f" (German) and never pronounce American words with extra
syllables or with umlauts. This sort of thing was done to allow the
audiance to follow the action but make it difficult to guess which
part of this made up Europeon country could be adjacent to or assumed
to be.
When Barney flies the flying saucer (we
would call it a drone today) through the air shaft you can easily
spot the wires. (It was one of those 1969 drones that still used
wires to fly.) During the original broadcast the wires may have been
harder to spot depending on the size of your TV set and a reception
of your local station. Nowadays with our big screen TVs and
remastered DVDs these special effect tricks are easy to spot.
21. Nitro
March 23, 1969
"With nitroglycerine, you're never
more than a split second away from eternity."
- James Phelps
General Zek of Karak (I think it's next to
the the country in the previous episode) is opposed to a peace treaty
between his country and Agir, and is working with a munitions maker
named Ismir Najiid to start a war by destroying King Said during his
announcement of the treaty.
Director: Bruce Kessler, Writer: Laurence Heath
Guest starring: Titos Vandis, Mark Lenard,
Sandor Szabo, Joe E. Tata, Dick Latessa, Peter Coe, Larry Anthony,
Louis Neervort, Frank Arno, Tom Steel, Bob Bralver
22. Nicole
March 30, 1969
"Good afternoon, Mr. Phelps. The man
you're looking at is Anton Valdas, the enemy's highest ranking
intelligence Minister. We have just learned from a friendly nation
that Valdas has in his possession a master list of all Allied agents
who have defected to him. Knowledge of the identities of these double
agents is of the utmost importance to our allies and to us. Your
mission, should you decide to accept it, is to get that list. As
always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the
Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This tape will
self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim."
- voice
on tape
Anton Valdas, the highest ranking
intelligence agent for an enemy power, is believed to possess a
master list of Western agents who have defected to his government.
Jim Phelps and Rollin Hand take on the mission of retrieving the
list. While doing so, however, Phelps is shot and Rollin forced to
flee without Phelps. Phelps' recovery and his plans to escape receive
an unexpected boost from Nicole Vedette, another enemy agent who
risks her own safety to help him escape, and with whom Phelps
uncharacteristically begins to fall in love.
Director: Stuart Hagmann, Writer: Paul Playdon
Guest starring: Joan Collins, Logan
Ramsey, Ann Shoemaker, Dal Jenkins, James McCallion, Jon Lormer,
Anita Mann, Rena Horten, Joseph Reale, Jacques Denbeaux, Fred Krone,
Bob Bralver
In this episode Jim acknowledges they
receive their orders from Division 7.
23. The
Vault
April 6, 1969
"I know how this must look, Your
Excellency, but... but I can explain everything."
- Phillipe Pereda
When a benevolent President plans to use
the 40 million he has saved to help his country, he entrusts the
money to the country's finance minister who is his confidante. But
what the President doesn't know is that the minister kept the money
for himself and is planning to use its disappearance as a means to
have the President removed from office. So IMF must stop the minister
but it won't be easy cause the President trusts the man so much that
merely telling him what the minister is planning won't be enough. So
they try to get the man to implicate himself.
Director: Richard Benedict / John
Kingsbridge, Writer: Judy Burns
Guest starring: Nehemiah Persoff, Rodolfo
Acosta, Ray Martell, Taldo Kenyon, Nick Benedict, Jerry Riggio
24. Illusion
April 13, 1969
"Good afternoon, Mr. Phelps. These
two men, Emil Skarbeck and Kurt Lom, are bitter rivals for the vacant
post of Chief of Secret Police for the Eastern European People's
Republic. Both are hardliners determined to turn their country into
one vast concentration camp. Your mission, should you decide to
accept it, is to eliminate both from contention so that this third
candidate, Paul Trock, who is friendly to the West, becomes the new
Chief. As always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught or
killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.
This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim."
- voice
on tape
Skarbeck and Lom are rivals for the vacant
post of Chief of Secret Police in the East European Peoples Republic.
As they are both hardliners, the IMF must eliminate both of them and
make sure Paul Trock becomes the new chief.
Director: Gerald Mayer, Writer: Laurence Heath
Guest starring: Fritz Weaver, Martin E.
Brooks, Kevin Hagen, Horst Ebersberg, Jack Baker, Ethel Wolfson,
Robert Wolfson
25. The
Interrogator
April 20, 1969
"Good afternoon, Mr. Phelps. The man
you're looking at is Norvan Kruger, an agent who knows the details of
his country's plan for an act of aggression so cataclysmic, it will
affect the entire world. We know nothing about the plan except that
it triggers in two days at 4:00. Two weeks ago, Kruger was captured
by a country unfriendly to us and has been under interrogation by
this man, Friedrich Spindler, who has not succeeded in breaking
Kruger. Even if he does, we are certain the government will not
inform us. Your mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it, is find
out what exactly Kruger's country intends to do. As usual, should you
or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will
disavow any knowledge of your actions. This tape will self-destruct
in five seconds. Good luck, Jim."
- voice
on tape
Agent Norvan Kruger knows about his
country's plans to launch some kind of attack which will devastate
the world. he's been captured by a second country unfriendly to the
U.S. Kruger's interrogator, Spindler, hasn't broken the agent but
even if he does the U.S. needs the plans.
Director: Reza Badiyi, Writer: Paul Playdon
Guest starring: Henry Silva, Gunnar
Hellstrom, Eric Holland, Vincent Van Lynn, Anne Newman, John Rose
This
was the final appearance for husband and wife duo Martin Landau and
Barbara Bain in the roles of Rollin Hand and Cinnamon Carter
respectively. Landau quit the series over a salary dispute when,
Peter Graves, was given a contract that paid him more than Landau.
Landau's own contract stated he would have parity with any other
actor on the show but Paramount (who had just bought out Desilu and
were re-evaluating contracts and budgets), refused to honor the deal.
Landau was not under a long tern contract
and was free to leave when negotiations broke down. Bain, who had
become the first actress in the history of television to be awarded
three consecutive Emmy awards, supported her husband but she was
still under her original five year contract and leaving in solidarity
with Landau was not easy and she fought with Paramount for years afterwards.
Landau was replaced by Leonard Nimoy,
fresh from another Desilu created, Paramount bought-out series that
had just been cancelled called Star Trek. Barbara Bain, however, was
not initially replaced because of her contract problems and for the
1969-70 season there would be a rotating female character.
This
was the final appearance for husband and wife duo Martin Landau and
Barbara Bain in the roles of Rollin Hand and Cinnamon Carter
respectively. Landau quit the series over a salary dispute when,
Peter Graves, was given a contract that paid him more than Landau.
Landau's own contract stated he would have parity with any other
actor on the show but Paramount (who had just bought out Desilu and
were re-evaluating contracts and budgets), refused to honor the deal.
