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− | {{ | + | {{Infobox TV|{{PAGENAME}} |
− | [[ | + | |name=''Mission: Impossible - Season 4'' |
+ | |picture = MI66 S4.jpg | ||
+ | |caption = DVD cover | ||
+ | |country = [[File:USA.jpg|25px]] USA | ||
+ | |channel = CBS | ||
+ | |genre = Espionage | ||
+ | |dates = 9/28/69 - 3/29/70 | ||
+ | |episodes = 26 | ||
+ | |character1=Jim Phelps | ||
+ | |actor1=[[Peter Graves]] | ||
+ | |character2=The Great Paris | ||
+ | |actor2=[[Leonard Nimoy]] | ||
+ | |character3=Barney Collier | ||
+ | |actor3=[[Greg Morris]] | ||
+ | |character4 =Willy Armitage | ||
+ | |actor4=[[Peter Lupus]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
− | ''' | + | The spring of 1969 was a tumultuous one between Seasons [[Mission: Impossible - Season 3|3]] and 4 on ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966)|Mission: Impossible]]''. [[Martin Landau]]'s annual contract had expired and he was looking for a substantial salary increase to return. CBS was willing to shell out extra money to keep him on since the show was doing well and earning them money. Paramount, on the hand, was less willing to acquiesce to Landau's demands since the show was actually losing them hundreds of thousands of dollars. In the end, Landau walked away, and CBS executives were absolutely livid at Paramount for not just losing Landau, even after they offered to kick in extra money to keep him on, but also for creating so much bad blood between the two parties that Landau's wife, costar [[Barbara Bain]], left the show as well. |
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+ | [[Leonard Nimoy]] was hired on to replace Landau, at first temporarily when negotiations dragged on, and then permanently when everything went south. Nimoy was a fan of the show and good friends with Landau, so he called Landau to confirmed he was actually leaving before taking the part, not wanting to be used as leverage against a friend. Having filmed the recently-canceled ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' on the same lot, Nimoy was aware of the ongoing conflict between creator and executive producer Bruce Geller, who had a vision on what the show should be and the beancounters at Paramount Television, who thought Geller's vision was too expensive, and having witnessed ''Star Trek'' creator Gene Roddenberry lose a similar conflict, told Paramount he would stay on the show as long as Geller remained. Nimoy had endured ''Star Trek'''s third season without Roddenberry and with a slashed budget, and he had no intention of being around if that happened to ''Mission: Impossible.'' | ||
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+ | Replacing the Landau with Nimoy was relatively easy, since Nimoy was a popular and familiar face to viewers, and his character, magician, master-of-disguise and impressionist The Great Paris was basically the same character as Rollin Hand, which allowed the writers to simply substituted Paris for Rollin Hand in all of the existing Season 4 scripts. (It was never revealed if "Paris" was his first name, last name, or simply a stage name.) | ||
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+ | The standoff between Barbara Bain and the show went on well into the start of production of Season 4, so by the time word came down that she would not be returning to fulfill the remaining two years on her contract, it was too late to cast a permanent replacement for her. The female roles were spread amongst several guest actresses, although the only actress to star in more than one mission was [[Lee Meriwether]], who ended up playing team member Tracey for eight episodes. (Almost all subsequent team members went by one name after Season 3.) | ||
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+ | Behind the camera, producer Stanley Kallis left the show mid-season to work on ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968) - Season 3|Hawaii Five-O]]'', and Bruce Lansbury (brother of Angela) came on to finish out the season. Unlike his predecessors, Lansbury sided with Paramount in their effort to trim the budget, and he and writer Laurence Heath would trade off producing episodes until Lansbury was promoted to a corporate position within Paramount. The effects of Paramount's tightening of the purse strings were already evident in Season 4, as footage from previous episodes was reused, and it was painfully obvious that some episodes were entirely filmed on the Paramount lot. | ||
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+ | As the season went on, CBS's worst fears were realized when the show's ratings took a nosedive, plummeting from eleventh all the way to 53rd. Some of the blame could be placed on the cast changes, mostly due to the lack of a female cast member, but much of the blame was on CBS itself, who cancelled the show's successful but controversial lead-in, ''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.'' To add insult to injury, not only did CBS lose one highly rated show and wreck the ratings of another, the Smothers Brothers successfully sued CBS for breach of contract, costing the network another $766,000. | ||
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+ | Season 4's rating came as a shock, and radical changes were planned for [[Mission: Impossible - Season 5|Season 5]] in order to find an audience. | ||
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+ | {{TV Title Season|4|Mission: Impossible (1966)}} | ||
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==Walther P38== | ==Walther P38== | ||
[[Walther P38]]s are seen throughout the series. | [[Walther P38]]s are seen throughout the series. | ||
− | [[Image:P38.jpg|thumb|none| | + | [[Image:P38.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War II dated - 9x19mm]] |
[[File:MI66_0402_P38_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jim Phelps ([[Peter Graves]]) with a P38 in "The Numbers Game" (S04E02).]] | [[File:MI66_0402_P38_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jim Phelps ([[Peter Graves]]) with a P38 in "The Numbers Game" (S04E02).]] | ||
[[File:MI66_0402_P38_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Paris with Jim's P38 in "The Numbers Game" (S04E02).]] | [[File:MI66_0402_P38_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Paris with Jim's P38 in "The Numbers Game" (S04E02).]] | ||
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[[File:MI66_0416_P38_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Paris holds the Foyer Guard's own P38 to his back in "The Falcon: Part 3" (S4E16). Note that the safety is on, although the Foyer Guard would have no way of knowing that.]] | [[File:MI66_0416_P38_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Paris holds the Foyer Guard's own P38 to his back in "The Falcon: Part 3" (S4E16). Note that the safety is on, although the Foyer Guard would have no way of knowing that.]] | ||
[[File:MIS4E16 01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The [[Walther P38]] is fired by General Ramon Sabattini ([[John Vernon]]) in "The Falcon: Part 3" (S4E16).]] | [[File:MIS4E16 01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The [[Walther P38]] is fired by General Ramon Sabattini ([[John Vernon]]) in "The Falcon: Part 3" (S4E16).]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0422_P38_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Major Deiter ([[Bruce Glover]]) holds a gun to Paris in "Orpheus" (S04E22).]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0423_P38_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jim with a P38 in "The Crane" (S04E23).]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0423_P38_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Major Rafik ([[Don Eitner]]) with his P38 in "The Crane" (S04E23).]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0424_P38_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lieutenant Jocaro ([[John Schuck]]) with his P38 in "Death Squad" (S04E24).]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0425_P38_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Barney hijacks a car armed with a P38 in "The Choice" (S04E25).]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0425_P38_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Barney with his P38 and magazine in "The Choice" (S04E25). He tells Willy that that the first four rounds are live, and the rest blank. (Since the plan was for Jim to take the gun and shoot at Willy, why weren't they all blank?)]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0425_P38_03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Emil Vautrain (conveniently played by [[Leonard Nimoy]]) with Barney's P38 in "The Choice" (S04E25).]] | ||
==Walther PPK== | ==Walther PPK== | ||
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[[File:MI66_0420_A400_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Ismet El Kabir ([[Michael Tolan]]) fires a Astra 400 in "Terror" (S04E20).]] | [[File:MI66_0420_A400_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Ismet El Kabir ([[Michael Tolan]]) fires a Astra 400 in "Terror" (S04E20).]] | ||
[[File:MI66_0421_A400_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Tim Rorke ([[Don Knight]]) places a Astra 400 in the hand of the dead LCDR Patterson (uncredited) in "Lover's Knot" (S04E21).]] | [[File:MI66_0421_A400_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Tim Rorke ([[Don Knight]]) places a Astra 400 in the hand of the dead LCDR Patterson (uncredited) in "Lover's Knot" (S04E21).]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0422_TT33_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Willy with his Astra 400 in "Orpheus" (S04E22).]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0423_A400_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Colonel Alex Strabo ([[Felice Orlandi]]), disguised as Constantine ([[Eric Mason]]) eyes an Astra 400 in "The Crane" (S04E23).]] | ||
==M1911A1== | ==M1911A1== | ||
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[[File:MI66_0406_M1911_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Barney with his M1911A1 drawn in "Commandante" (S04E06).]] | [[File:MI66_0406_M1911_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Barney with his M1911A1 drawn in "Commandante" (S04E06).]] | ||
[[File:MI66_0406_M1911_03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Commandante Juan Acero ([[Lawrence Dane]]) with his M1911A1 drawn in "Commandante" (S04E06).]] | [[File:MI66_0406_M1911_03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Commandante Juan Acero ([[Lawrence Dane]]) with his M1911A1 drawn in "Commandante" (S04E06).]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0423_M1911_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Paris draws an M1911A1 in "The Crane" (S04E23).]] | ||
==Smith & Wesson Model 36== | ==Smith & Wesson Model 36== | ||
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[[File:MI66_0417_SW36_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jim Phelps with the S&W 36 in "Chico" (S04E17). Note the five shots. In the previous insert shot (see below), it was a S&W 10 snub.]] | [[File:MI66_0417_SW36_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jim Phelps with the S&W 36 in "Chico" (S04E17). Note the five shots. In the previous insert shot (see below), it was a S&W 10 snub.]] | ||
[[File:MI66_0417_SW36_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jim checks the S&W 36 in "Chico" (S04E17).]] | [[File:MI66_0417_SW36_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jim checks the S&W 36 in "Chico" (S04E17).]] | ||
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==Colt Detective Special== | ==Colt Detective Special== | ||
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[[File:MI66_0417_SW10_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A hand, supposed to be Jim's, reaching for the S&W 10 in an insert shot for "Chico" (S04E17). Note the six-shot cylinder, which means it can't be a S&W 36, which it turns into in the next shot.]] | [[File:MI66_0417_SW10_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A hand, supposed to be Jim's, reaching for the S&W 10 in an insert shot for "Chico" (S04E17). Note the six-shot cylinder, which means it can't be a S&W 36, which it turns into in the next shot.]] | ||
[[File:MI66_0417_SW10_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An insert shot of the open cylinder in "Chico" (S04E17). Note the six-shot cylinder, which means it can't be a S&W 36, even after the audience saw the S&W 36 in Jim's hand.]] | [[File:MI66_0417_SW10_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An insert shot of the open cylinder in "Chico" (S04E17). Note the six-shot cylinder, which means it can't be a S&W 36, even after the audience saw the S&W 36 in Jim's hand.]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0421_SW36_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jim with a S&W 10 in "Lover's Knot" (S04E21).]] | ||
==Webley Mk IV== | ==Webley Mk IV== | ||
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==Tokarev TT-33== | ==Tokarev TT-33== | ||
− | + | [[Tokarev TT-33]]s started to appear in the later third of Season 4. | |
[[Image:TT-33-Wartime.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version.]] | [[Image:TT-33-Wartime.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version.]] | ||
[[File:MI66_0421_TT33_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Tim Rorke ([[Don Knight]]) attaches a suppressor to his TT-33 in "Lover's Knot" (S04E21).]] | [[File:MI66_0421_TT33_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Tim Rorke ([[Don Knight]]) attaches a suppressor to his TT-33 in "Lover's Knot" (S04E21).]] | ||
[[File:MI66_0421_TT33_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Tim Rorke with his TT-33 in "Lover's Knot" (S04E21).]] | [[File:MI66_0421_TT33_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Tim Rorke with his TT-33 in "Lover's Knot" (S04E21).]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0422_TT33_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jim cocks his suppressed TT-33 in "Orpheus" (S04E22).]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0422_TT33_03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Paris with his TT-33 in "Orpheus" (S04E22).]] | ||
==Remington Model 51== | ==Remington Model 51== | ||
− | Lord Richard Weston ([[John Williams]]) draws a [[Remington Model 51]] in "Lover's Knot" (S04E21). | + | Lord Richard Weston ([[John Williams]]) draws a [[Remington Model 51]] in "Lover's Knot" (S04E21) The serial number indicates it was an early production, .380 caliber. |
[[Image:RemingtonM51.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Remington Model 51 Pistol]] | [[Image:RemingtonM51.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Remington Model 51 Pistol]] | ||
[[File:MI66_0421_R51_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lord Richard Weston ([[John Williams]]) tosses his Remington Model 51 on his desk in "Lover's Knot" (S04E21).]] | [[File:MI66_0421_R51_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lord Richard Weston ([[John Williams]]) tosses his Remington Model 51 on his desk in "Lover's Knot" (S04E21).]] | ||
− | [[File:MI66_0421_R51_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A closeup of the above in "Lover's Knot" (S04E21).]] | + | [[File:MI66_0421_R51_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A closeup of the above in "Lover's Knot" (S04E21) showing the serial number, PA2570.]] |
==Unidentifiable Colt revolver== | ==Unidentifiable Colt revolver== | ||
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[[File:MI66_0407_M50_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|East European Republic guards with replica M50s in "Submarine" (S04E07).]] | [[File:MI66_0407_M50_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|East European Republic guards with replica M50s in "Submarine" (S04E07).]] | ||
[[File:MI66_0407_M50_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A closeup of one of the replica M50s in "Submarine" (S04E07). Note the "Madsen" rollmark, and the fact that the trigger guard has either come loose or was never fully attached to begin with.]] | [[File:MI66_0407_M50_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A closeup of one of the replica M50s in "Submarine" (S04E07). Note the "Madsen" rollmark, and the fact that the trigger guard has either come loose or was never fully attached to begin with.]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0423_M50_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier (uncredited) with a replica M50 in "The Crane" (S04E23).]] | ||
==MP40== | ==MP40== | ||
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[[File:MI66_0407_GTyburn_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The Sergeant ([[Gene Tyburn]]) with his PPSh-41 in "Submarine" (S04E07).]] | [[File:MI66_0407_GTyburn_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The Sergeant ([[Gene Tyburn]]) with his PPSh-41 in "Submarine" (S04E07).]] | ||
[[File:MI66_0407_PPSh_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A pair of crossed PPSh's in "Submarine" (S04E07).]] | [[File:MI66_0407_PPSh_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A pair of crossed PPSh's in "Submarine" (S04E07).]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0423_PPSh_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A pair of soldiers guarding Constantine ([[Eric Mason]]) with their PPSh-41s in "The Crane" (S04E23).]] | ||
==Sten Mk II== | ==Sten Mk II== | ||
[[Sten Mk II]]s are seen throughout the season. | [[Sten Mk II]]s are seen throughout the season. | ||
[[Image:Sten.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Sten Mk II - 9x19mm]] | [[Image:Sten.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Sten Mk II - 9x19mm]] | ||
− | [[File:MI66_0407_Sten_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A pair of EER guards with Stens in "Submarine" (S04E07).]] | + | [[File:MI66_0407_Sten_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A pair of EER guards with Stens in "Submarine" (S04E07). Parts of this search montage, including this shot, were later used in "The Crane" (S04E23).]] |
[[File:MI66_0407_Sten_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Willy Armitage with a Sten in "Submarine" (S04E07). (Finding costumes that fit Peter Lupus probably wasn't easy or cheap.)]] | [[File:MI66_0407_Sten_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Willy Armitage with a Sten in "Submarine" (S04E07). (Finding costumes that fit Peter Lupus probably wasn't easy or cheap.)]] | ||
[[File:MI66_0419_Sten_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A guard with his Sten in "Phantoms" (S04E19).]] | [[File:MI66_0419_Sten_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A guard with his Sten in "Phantoms" (S04E19).]] | ||
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==M1 Carbine== | ==M1 Carbine== | ||
− | Revolutionaries are seen armed with [[M1 Carbine]]s in "Commandante" (S04E06). | + | Revolutionaries are seen armed with [[M1 Carbine]]s in "Commandante" (S04E06). Willy later uses an M1 Carbine with an aftermarket stock with a folding stock in "The Choice" (S04E25). |
− | [[Image:M1CarbineLateModel.jpg|thumb|none| | + | [[Image:M1CarbineLateModel.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Korean War Era M1 Carbine, with Birch Stock, Adjustable sight, bayonet lug, and twin magazine pouch - .30 Carbine]] |
+ | [[Image:M1_Carbine_Universal.jpg|thumb|none|350px|M1 Carbine in Universal folding stock - .30 Carbine]] | ||
[[File:MI66_0406_M1C_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A guard with his M1 Carbine in "Commandante" (S04E06). ("Hey, we should get that guy from ''Star Trek'' to play to an Asian. You know the one. What was that guy's name? Spock?")]] | [[File:MI66_0406_M1C_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A guard with his M1 Carbine in "Commandante" (S04E06). ("Hey, we should get that guy from ''Star Trek'' to play to an Asian. You know the one. What was that guy's name? Spock?")]] | ||
[[File:MI66_0406_M1C_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A rebel with his M1 Carbine before Colonel Ortiz ([[Pepe Callahan]]) (left) takes it away from him in "Commandante" (S04E06). Note that this carbine has the older non-adjustable peep sight.]] | [[File:MI66_0406_M1C_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A rebel with his M1 Carbine before Colonel Ortiz ([[Pepe Callahan]]) (left) takes it away from him in "Commandante" (S04E06). Note that this carbine has the older non-adjustable peep sight.]] | ||
[[File:MI66_0406_M1C_03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another rebel with his M1 Carbine in "Commandante" (S04E06). This one also has the older style peep sight.]] | [[File:MI66_0406_M1C_03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another rebel with his M1 Carbine in "Commandante" (S04E06). This one also has the older style peep sight.]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0425_M1C_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Willy with his M1 Carbine in "The Choice" (S04E25).]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0425_M1C_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Willy with his M1 Carbine in "The Choice" (S04E25). Note the Universal underfolding stock.]] | ||
==M16/SP1== | ==M16/SP1== | ||
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[[File:MIS4E14 01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Guards with their [[Karabiner 98k]] rifles in "The Falcon: Part 1" (S4E14).]] | [[File:MIS4E14 01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Guards with their [[Karabiner 98k]] rifles in "The Falcon: Part 1" (S4E14).]] | ||
[[File:MI66_0420_K98k_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Suroqi soldier with his K98k in "Terror" (S04E20).]] | [[File:MI66_0420_K98k_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Suroqi soldier with his K98k in "Terror" (S04E20).]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0423_K98k_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A down-the-barrel shot of a K98k in "The Crane" (S04E23).]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0423_K98k_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The same shooter (uncredited) with his K98k in "The Crane" (S04E23).]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0423_K98k_03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Paris with a K98k in "The Crane" (S04E23).]] | ||
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+ | =Shotguns= | ||
+ | ==Coach Gun== | ||
+ | IMF agent Clay ([[Ralph Ventura]]) is armed with a [[Coach Gun]] in "The Crane" (S04E23). | ||
+ | [[Image:IGA-Coach-Gun.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Stoeger/IGA Coach imported side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0423_DBS_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|IMF agent Clay ([[Ralph Ventura]]) with his [[Coach Gun]] in "The Crane" (S04E23).]] | ||
=Machine Guns= | =Machine Guns= | ||
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[[File:MI66_0416_WF_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Barney with the Webley No. 1 Mark 1 flare gun in "The Falcon, Part 3" (S04E16).]] | [[File:MI66_0416_WF_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Barney with the Webley No. 1 Mark 1 flare gun in "The Falcon, Part 3" (S04E16).]] | ||
[[File:MI66_0416_WF_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | [[File:MI66_0416_WF_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | ||
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+ | ==Diana 5 Air Pistol== | ||
+ | Barney uses a suppressed (?) [[Diana 5 Air Pistol]] to fire tranquilizers in "The Choice" (S04E25). Although he is shown breaking it open earlier in the episode, he is later able to fire two rounds without reloading later in the episode. | ||
+ | [[Image:Diana 5.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Diana 5 Air Pistol]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0425_D5_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Barney breaks open the Diana 5 in "The Choice" (S04E25).]] | ||
+ | [[File:MI66_0425_D5_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Barney fires the Diana 5 in "The Choice" (S04E25). He never discloses why he felt the need to add a suppressor to an air pistol.]] | ||
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The spring of 1969 was a tumultuous one between Seasons 3 and 4 on Mission: Impossible. Martin Landau's annual contract had expired and he was looking for a substantial salary increase to return. CBS was willing to shell out extra money to keep him on since the show was doing well and earning them money. Paramount, on the hand, was less willing to acquiesce to Landau's demands since the show was actually losing them hundreds of thousands of dollars. In the end, Landau walked away, and CBS executives were absolutely livid at Paramount for not just losing Landau, even after they offered to kick in extra money to keep him on, but also for creating so much bad blood between the two parties that Landau's wife, costar Barbara Bain, left the show as well.
Leonard Nimoy was hired on to replace Landau, at first temporarily when negotiations dragged on, and then permanently when everything went south. Nimoy was a fan of the show and good friends with Landau, so he called Landau to confirmed he was actually leaving before taking the part, not wanting to be used as leverage against a friend. Having filmed the recently-canceled Star Trek on the same lot, Nimoy was aware of the ongoing conflict between creator and executive producer Bruce Geller, who had a vision on what the show should be and the beancounters at Paramount Television, who thought Geller's vision was too expensive, and having witnessed Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry lose a similar conflict, told Paramount he would stay on the show as long as Geller remained. Nimoy had endured Star Trek's third season without Roddenberry and with a slashed budget, and he had no intention of being around if that happened to Mission: Impossible.
Replacing the Landau with Nimoy was relatively easy, since Nimoy was a popular and familiar face to viewers, and his character, magician, master-of-disguise and impressionist The Great Paris was basically the same character as Rollin Hand, which allowed the writers to simply substituted Paris for Rollin Hand in all of the existing Season 4 scripts. (It was never revealed if "Paris" was his first name, last name, or simply a stage name.)
The standoff between Barbara Bain and the show went on well into the start of production of Season 4, so by the time word came down that she would not be returning to fulfill the remaining two years on her contract, it was too late to cast a permanent replacement for her. The female roles were spread amongst several guest actresses, although the only actress to star in more than one mission was Lee Meriwether, who ended up playing team member Tracey for eight episodes. (Almost all subsequent team members went by one name after Season 3.)
Behind the camera, producer Stanley Kallis left the show mid-season to work on Hawaii Five-O, and Bruce Lansbury (brother of Angela) came on to finish out the season. Unlike his predecessors, Lansbury sided with Paramount in their effort to trim the budget, and he and writer Laurence Heath would trade off producing episodes until Lansbury was promoted to a corporate position within Paramount. The effects of Paramount's tightening of the purse strings were already evident in Season 4, as footage from previous episodes was reused, and it was painfully obvious that some episodes were entirely filmed on the Paramount lot.
As the season went on, CBS's worst fears were realized when the show's ratings took a nosedive, plummeting from eleventh all the way to 53rd. Some of the blame could be placed on the cast changes, mostly due to the lack of a female cast member, but much of the blame was on CBS itself, who cancelled the show's successful but controversial lead-in, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. To add insult to injury, not only did CBS lose one highly rated show and wreck the ratings of another, the Smothers Brothers successfully sued CBS for breach of contract, costing the network another $766,000.
Season 4's rating came as a shock, and radical changes were planned for Season 5 in order to find an audience.
The following weapons were used in Season 4 of the television series Mission: Impossible (1966):
Handguns
Smith & Wesson Model 10
Paris (Leonard Nimoy) hijacks a plane with a Smith & Wesson Model 10 as part of his disguise as a Che Guevara-like character named El Líder in "The Code" (S04E01).
Walther P38
Walther P38s are seen throughout the series.
Walther PPK
Walther PPKs are seen throughout the season.
Walther PP
A Walther PP plays an important role in "The Controllers: Part 1" (S04E03).
Astra 400
Astra 400 pistols are seen throughout the season, often in the hands of foreign guards.
M1911A1
M1911A1s are seen with several characters throughout the season.
Smith & Wesson Model 36
Smith & Wesson Model 36s are seen throughout the season.
Colt Detective Special
Colt Detective Special revolvers are seen throughout the season.
American Derringer Model 1
The compact American Derringer Model 1 is given to Francesca (Diane Baker) by Paris in "The Falcon: Part 1" (S4E14) and then used in "The Falcon: Part 2" (S4E15).
Smith & Wesson Model 10 (snub)
Insert shots of Jim Phelps' Smith & Wesson Model 36 feature a snub-nosed Smith & Wesson Model 10 instead in "Chico" (S04E17).
Webley Mk IV
Suroq soldiers are seen with Webley Mk IV revolvers in "Terror" (S04E20). One of them hands his to a disguised Paris.
Tokarev TT-33
Tokarev TT-33s started to appear in the later third of Season 4.
Remington Model 51
Lord Richard Weston (John Williams) draws a Remington Model 51 in "Lover's Knot" (S04E21) The serial number indicates it was an early production, .380 caliber.
Unidentifiable Colt revolver
Major Carlos Martillo (Sid Haig) is armed with an unidentifiable Colt revolver throughout "Commandante" (S04E06). He only draws it once, and even then, it's too far to see any details.
Submachine Guns
Madsen M50
Madsen M50s are seen throughout the series in the hands of guards and henchmen.
MP40
MP40s are seen throughout the season.
PPSh-41
PPSh-41s are seen throughout the season.
Sten Mk II
Sten Mk IIs are seen throughout the season.
M1928/M1928A1 Thompson
Colonel Moya's assassins are both armed with M1928/M1928A1 Thompson submachine guns in "Gitano" (S04E18).
Rifles
Mauser Gewehr 1898
Guards are armed with Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles in "The Controllers: Parts 1 and 2" (S04E3-4).
M1 Carbine
Revolutionaries are seen armed with M1 Carbines in "Commandante" (S04E06). Willy later uses an M1 Carbine with an aftermarket stock with a folding stock in "The Choice" (S04E25).
M16/SP1
Revolutionaries receive crates of modern M16/SP1 rifles in "Commandante" (S04E06).
Karabiner 98k
Karabiner 98k rifles are often seen in the hands of guards throughout the season.
Shotguns
Coach Gun
IMF agent Clay (Ralph Ventura) is armed with a Coach Gun in "The Crane" (S04E23).
Machine Guns
Browning M1919A4
Guards are armed with Browning M1919A4 machine guns in "Commandante" (S04E06).
Other
Tranquilizer dart
One of Barney's gadgets in "The Controllers: Part 1" (S04E03) is a tranquilizer dart that fits into a .380 ACP shell.
.223 rounds
One of Barney's gadgets in "Commandante" (S04E06) is a .223 round that detonates via remote control.
Haenel Model 28
Tracey (Lee Meriwether) fires a gas pellet from a Haenel Model 28 in "Submarine" (S04E07).
Webley No. 1 Mark 1 flare gun
Barney Collier (Greg Morris) fires a gas round from a Webley No. 1 Mark 1 flare gun in "The Falcon, Part 3" (S04E16).
Diana 5 Air Pistol
Barney uses a suppressed (?) Diana 5 Air Pistol to fire tranquilizers in "The Choice" (S04E25). Although he is shown breaking it open earlier in the episode, he is later able to fire two rounds without reloading later in the episode.