“IT DIDN’T HAVE TOM CRUISE Dangling from An Airplane – It Didn’t Even ‘Have Peter Graves Thumbing Through imf dossiers in his apart Hollywood’s Biggest Action Franchises. The Brainchild of Rawhide Alum Bruce Geller, The 1966–73 CBS Series Blended”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
The brainchild of Rawhide ALUM BRUCE GELLER, The 1966–73 CBS Series Blended Two of the Era’s Favorite Movie Genres-Spy Thrillers and Heist Dramas-Into a precisely executed hour of espios Necktie Cameras and Rubber Masks that Somehow Martin Landau Look Like Whichever Fictation Eastern Europe Despot Needed Toppling that Week.
Each Impossible Mission Force Member Broght A SPECIFIC EXPERTISE AND JUST ENOGH COOL TO LEAVE A MARK: Landau’s Chameleonic Rollin Hand Genius Barney Collier, Peter Lupus as Strongman Wilman Armitage and Barbara Bain as Cinnamon Carter, An Ex-Fashion Model Whoel Wose Stylish Poise Made Spying Look Like A Photo Shoot Shoot.
The Team’s First Leader, Daniel Briggs, Was Played by Steven Hill, Who Left After Season One Who Friday Night Reshoots Conflicted with His Orthodox Jewish Observance. Graves, As Jim Pelps, Took Over. But The Show’s Breakout Star Might Have Been Itme Song, That Jazzy, Bongo-Driven Earworm by Lalo Schifrin. Because Really, What’s A Mission Without that Music?
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