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Oct 5, 2007 - 11:28 AM
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Jim Phelps
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IMO Marianna Hill would have made an excellent replacement for Barbara Bain. Her small role in "The Condemned" had me thinking that she could have done a variety of parts with ease.
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***SPOILERS***
Zelig,
Read my view on your number 1 episode.
47-THE CONDEMNED
Summary:
Locked in a cell from a Latin American country, David Webster, a friend of Jim Phelps, is falsely accused for the murder of George Corley. Jim asks the help of his three favourite IMFers who agree. Jim discovers that Corley has stolen a $10,000,000 crown from the museum of Athens when a Greek gangster named Edmund Constantine and his henchman knock him and offer him to work for them and later, the local police. The radio announces the escape of Webster. Jim and Willy track Webster's fiancé Louisa Rojas down to Corley's hideout. Corley has changed his identity and his now Arthur Warner thanks to plastic surgery and brown contact lenses, guns Louisa down to avoid treason and scared stiff and by accident, dies by falling out of the stairs. Constantine's gang meet Rollin disguised as Corley up on a hill, takes a leave and tie the dead body of Corley in a blue Porsche that Barney controls. Jim and the chief of police, Captain Barrera watch the car that explodes into the void of the cliff and order his men to recover the crown. Jim sends an audio signal to Webster to come out of his bogus wall. Webster asks a cigarette to a shocked guard.
Cast and details:
David Webster, Louisa Rojas, English George Corley/Arthur Warner with a scarface, Edmund Constantine and his accomplice Tom, Captain Vicente Barrera and his lieutenant Diego are played by Kevin Hagen, Marianna Hill, Jon Cedar/Peter Donat, Will Kuluva and Keith McConnell, Nate Esformes and Steve Marlo. Jim poses as insurance investigator James Travis pretending to be a private eye, Rollin and Willy as catholic priests, Barney as a telephone repair man to add a bug in Louisa Rojas’ telephone; he build a dark grey crush/fire proof bowl to hide the precious crown and customizes a blue Porsche to be driven with a remote control. Rollin works under a disguise twice: as David Webster to make Louis Rojas talk and as George Corley to fool and knock Constantine. During the jail’s holly visit, to identify himself in front of Webster, Rollin recites a solemn speech ("Have you felt that sometimes your prayers have been answered?") and Willy carries metallic panels and magnetic bars under his soutane to hide Webster carrying one hearing aid --waiting for Jim's signal by remote control-- behind a bogus wall. For the anecdote, Captain Barrera's office comes from "Trek". This is the first time that the "Mission: Impossible" logo appears after the opening titles, and goes from full screen to a small size located in the left side of the screen that is usually the end part of the dossier scene.
Review:
This is the first departure of the series from season 2 that starts as a personal affair a la "The Ransom" and a whodonit that integrates a "Topkapi" element: the stolen Greek crown; tight and clever. The complexity of the plot is similare to "The Spy". One sequence is visually exciting: Louisa Rojas runs fast in the corridors and storeys of a closed down factory to meet the new Corley, shot with an unsettling hand-held camera.
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Oh, and "The Mind of You-Know-Who."
This distinguished gentleman, I suppose:
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Got my season three DVD set today. Already watched "The Mercenaries", guest-starring the great Pernell Roberts as Col. Hans Krim. Damn fine score by Robert Drasnin, though some of Lalo's season one stuff must be tracked in there, too, like that run of brass as the IMF truck leaves the enclave. Brilliant 1960s television!
Greatest gold heist ever!
The umbrella heater is my favourite gadget ever!
"The Mercenaries" share many things with a "Wild Wild West" episode entitled "The Night of the Bottomless Pit":
both Artie and Rollin play the same part.
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Jerry Fielding is also providing some great music! His score for "The Execution" is brilliant. I think he also scored "The Elixir."
I also like that bluesy electric guitar version of the M:I theme as heard in "The Elixir." Fielding again!
So far I'm in the middle of disc three, having just finished "The Bargain" with the always great Albert Paulsen who has appeared in one episode in each of the first three seasons of M:I.
Jerry Fielding only composed three scores:
"The Execution"
"The Cardinal"
"The Exchange"
"The Elixir" is stock music.
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