Mission: Impossible
The Frame
Season 1, Episode 17 · Aired 1967-01-21
Synopsis
Gangster Jack Wellman is moving syndicated crime into politics, killing off certain politicians and replacing them with men more sympathetic to the Syndicate. To stop him, Briggs and his team must discredit Wellman in the eyes of the Syndicate by making it appear that he's skimming funds from them.
In the series
This episode is part of Mission: Impossible (1966–1973) on CBS.
Self-destructing briefings and team-craft heists — cool as a cold war martini.
Key cast
- Peter Graves as Jim Phelps
- Barbara Bain as Cinnamon Carter
- Martin Landau as Rollin Hand
- Greg Morris as Barney Collier
- Peter Lupus as Willy Armitage