Mission: Impossible (1966) 3x06 The Cardinal

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Mission: Impossible (1966) - 03x06 The Cardinal

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First Aired: Nov. 17, 1968 on CBS

Summary: General Casimir Zepke plans to take power, and has captured the Cardinal that opposes him and has an impostor who will endorse him to the people. The IMF must rescue the cardinal and stop Zepke from taking power.

Main Characters in this Episode

Guest Stars

General Casimir Zepke	played by Theodore Bikel
Stanislaus Cardinal Souchek	played by Paul Stevens
Anton Nagorski	played by Paul Stevens
Major Maria Felder	played by Barbara Babcock
Person on Tape	voiced by Bob Johnson
Monk	played by Michael Masters
Monk	played by Gary Pagett

Mistakes/Goofs

Goof (continuity error): During the "tape scene," the tape recorder that Phelps is playing first has a take-up reel that has much more tape than the left-hand reel that is still to play; then in two consecutive shots, there is as much or more tape on the first reel than on the take-up reel; then just before the tape "self destructs," the take-up reel again has more tape than the other reel.

Trivia

Barney has a small white machine that seems to hold a long section of pipe. This is not a special effect. The "pipe" is made of a steel ribbon that is preformed in a curve. It can be flattened and rolled onto a reel. When it is unrolled it again forms a tube.
In the episode "The Cardinal" Barney (Greg Morris) uses a small white machine that extrudes a very long pipe. This is not a special effect. The "pipe" is a flat strip of spring steel which has been formed into a tube. The strip is flattened and wound around a reel inside the machine. As it is unwound it forms itself into a tube. When retracted it is again flattened and wound on the reel.