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Mission: Impossible (1966) :: The Exchange (03x12)

Episode Information

Title:

The Exchange

Episode #:

03x12

Production Number:

310

Original Airdate:

Saturday January 04th, 1969

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Episode Crew
Director:	Alexander Singer
Writer:	Laurence Heath (1) Robert E. Thompson (3)

Episode Summary

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Cinnamon is captured by the enemy, and the team are unable to rescue her. With no other choice, they must recover an Eastern spy from Western capture, get him to give up his secrets, then exchange him in return for Cinnamon.

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English Recap Available: View Here

Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•John Vernon	played	Colonel Josef Strom	Recurring (first appearance)
•Will Kuluva	played	Rudolf Kurtz	Recurring (second appearance)
Co-Guest Stars
•Curt Lowens	played	Major Mecklin	Recurring (third appearance)
•Robert Ellenstein	played	Dr. Emil Gorin	Recurring (first appearance)
•Michael Bell (1)	played	Captain Anders
Uncredited
•Bob Homel	played	Guard	Recurring (second appearance)
•Dick Ziker	played	West Gate Guard	Recurring (first appearance)
•Kenneth Karols	played	East Gate Guard
•Katey Barrett (1)	played	Matron

Episode Notes

This episode breaks the show format by having Cinnamon captured in the opening minutes of the episode (with no opening tape, dossier, or briefing scenes): something that Bruce Geller initially disagreed with. He later cited the episode as one of his favorites.

Barbara Bain was intensely claustrophobic in real life, adding verisimilitude to her performance here. She could only film the confinement scenes for brief periods before having to go off to recover.