This7-yearserieschronicledtheadventuresoftheImpossibleMissionTaskforce(IMF),ateamofgovernmentspiesandspecialistswhowereassigned"impossiblemissions"bytheunseen"Secretary".Althoughthecastvariedovertheyears,themaincharactersincludedTheTeamLeader(DanBriggsthefirstseason,thenJimPhelpstheothersix),TheTechno-Wizard(BarneyCollier),TheStrongman(WillyArmitage),TheMasterofDisguise(firstRollinHand,thenTheAmazingParis),andTheFemmeFatale(CinnamonCarter,Casey,DanaLambert,MimiDavis). Theseriesisbestknownforitsopeningmissionassignment(conductedbyapre-recordedtape),thethemecomposedbyLaloSchifrin,theleader'sselectionofmissionagentsfromadossier,theopeningbriefing,theintricateuseofdisguisesandatypical"maskpulloff"sceneneartheendofmostepisodes,andtherelativelackofcharacterizationofthecharacters.
阿尔迪斯·霍吉,艾赛亚·穆斯塔法,阿隆娜·塔尔,萨曼莎·沃克斯,尤安妮塔·詹宁斯,凯勒·以利亚,麦乐迪·赫德,强尼·雷·吉尔,马修·里沃德,珍妮·梅森,约翰·威斯利·查特曼,本·沃特金斯,斯蒂芬妮·贝尔丁