The theft of a sample of potent radioactive material from the United States, though it happened over two years ago, is now a current concern for the IMF. The theft, engineered by three members of an Eastern European government, turned into a web of double crossings and ended with one of the men murdered in secret by another, who then hid the radioactive material away for his own gain. Intelligence surfaces that the material is about to change hands, something which could alter the global balance of power and the delicate state of the Cold War. Phelps, Paris, Collier, Armitage, and a couple of new IMF recruits go overseas to set in motion an elaborate heist to retrieve the nuclear-weapons-grade material before it falls into even more dangerous hands. But to pull it off, Paris must give the performance of a lifetime, with Phelps as his “interrogator”. If either of them fails to be convincing in their roles, they may not make it home.
teleplay by Robert Malcolm Young and Ken Pettus
story by Robert Malcolm Young
directed by Reza S. Badiyi
music by Lalo Schifrin
Cast: Peter Graves (Jim Phelps), Leonard Nimoy (Paris), Greg Morris (Barney Collier), Peter Lupus (Willy Armitage), Julie Gregg (Monique), Anthony Zerbe (Colonel Varda), Steve Ihnat (Major Johan), Lisabeth Hush (Miss Ober), Tony Van Bridge (Poltzin), Bruce Kirby (TV Newsman), Kurt Grayson (First Guard), Philippe Nemonn (Second Guard), Victor Paul (Ashbough), Jerry Spicer (Black)
LogBook entry by Earl Green