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This fast-paced action thriller has been based on the vintage 60's TV spy series.

In this "big screen" version, the team leader of an elite undercover unit tries to find out who set them up after a disastrous mission in Prague.

When he learns that someone is attempting to sell a list of agents' names on the black market, he mobilises a new unit to stop them.

The action culminates in a stunning helicopter chase through the Channel Tunnel

Alternative title(s):

Mission Impossible

Keywords:

Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Spy, Secret Service, Action Adventure, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1996) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Tom Cruise	.... Ethan Hunt
Jon Voight	.... Jim Phelps
Emmanuelle Béart	.... Claire Phelps
Henry Czerny	.... Eugene Kittridge
Jean Reno	.... Franz Krieger
Ving Rhames	.... Luther Stickell

Supporting Cast:

Kristin Scott-Thomas	.... Sarah Davies
Vanessa Redgrave	.... Max
Dale Dye	.... Frank Barnes
Marcel Iures	.... Golitsyn
Ion Caramitru	.... Zozimov
Ingeborga Dapkunaite	.... Hannah Williams
Valentina Yakunina	.... Drunken female IMF agent
Marek Vasut	.... Drunken male IMF agent
Nathan Osgood	.... Kittridge technician

Directors:

Brian de Palma

Writers:

Bruce Geller
David Koepp

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