Cinnamon poses as the wife of an archaeologist with a serious heart condition. He needs to be rescued, and an assassination plot needs to be foiled.Cinnamon poses as the wife of an archaeologist with a serious heart condition. He needs to be rescued, and an assassination plot needs to be foiled.Cinnamon poses as the wife of an archaeologist with a serious heart condition. He needs to be rescued, and an assassination plot needs to be foiled.
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- TriviaWhile Mr. Phelps (Peter Graves) is selecting the I.M.F. Team , he is holding a picture of Bruce Geller (Created By) as a prospect for a moment then discards his picture before moving ahead to select Barney (Greg Morris).
- GoofsDuring the surgery, Rollin has a hand-held device that can be used to manipulate the display on the heart rate monitor and fool the surgeon into thinking the patient is fibrillating. However, whenever the patient supposedly goes into fibrillation, the close-up of the monitor shows the rhythm is still normal.
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Person on Tape: [voice on tape] Good afternoon, Mr. Phelps. This is Professor William Bennett, the Nobel Prize winning archaeologist who is becoming the innocent pawn in a political coup being staged by this man, Stephan Gomalk. The Chief of the Security Police, Gomalk, plans to overthrow the pro-Western government of his closest friend, Beyron Rurich. The plan to assassinate Rurich has been code-named Anniversary. Professor Bennett has a chronically weak heart. When he was arrested by mistake and intensively interrogated by Gomalk, Bennett's heart failed. He is now in a hospital maximum security ward. Your mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it, is to get Bennett out alive and prevent Rurich's assassination by Gomalk. As always, should you or any of your IM Force are caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This recording will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim.
The master villain is played by Michael Strong, in a signture role, a Communist sympathizer in disguise called Gumalk, just waiting to take over the country. Many M. I. episodes used the backstabber angle, and it's fun watching these over confident goons get their ultimate reward. The plan is twofold as the M. I. also has to rescue an American archaeologist called Professor Bennett, arrested as a spy and who suffered a near fatal heart attack in the process. Barbara Bain has a prime role as the man's wife, though the makeup award goes to Martin Landau, playing a complaining elderly man in a wheelchair at the hospital, likewise attempting to mess with Gumalk.
Look for veteran actor Peter Coe in a smaller role as Kramer. Coe was best known for appearing in some classic horror films, such as the HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN. He was a special guest in later years at horror conventions, billed as the last surviving actor of some legendary films.
Well written by John O'Dea, who majored in many adventure shows and westerns, such as the BIG VALLEY. Mount Saint Marys University in Los Angeles is party used as a backdrop, and its a smart move as many colleges and universities have some unique buildings which could double for many other structures, even with a European slant.
If you have a sharp eye, the opening scene where Phelps walks toward a building (where he will listen to the secret recording), is directly across the street on the Paramount lot from Joe Mannix's office and garage. Small world!
SEASON 2 EPISODE 7 remastered CBS/Paramount dvd box set. 2007 release.
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