Mission: Impossible - Season 1 Episode 16 The Reluctant Dragon
Dr. Cherlotov, a scientist of an enemy power, failed to defect to the West when his wife did. Now that he has developed a cheap, effective anti-ballistic system, the IMF are ordered to get him out. Unfortunately, they find out that Cherlotov doesn't wasn't to defect: he merely wants to convince his superiors he is loyal and live out his life. The IMF smuggle in his wife Karen. Meanwhile, Rollin convinces Cherlotov's watcher and the security commissioner, Jankowski, to put Cherlotov under jail for suspicion. When Cherlotov realizes what his country does to other dissidents he agrees to defect, but Jankowski sees through Rollin's cover and tries to arrest them all.
Year: 1973
Genre: Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: United States of America
Studio: CBS
Director: Bruce Geller
Cast: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, Bob Johnson, Lynda Day George
Crew: William Woodfield (Writer), Bruce Geller (Executive Producer), Barry Crane (Producer), Robert H. Justman (Producer), Allan Balter (Producer), William Woodfield (Producer)
First Air Date: Sep 17, 1966
Last Air date: Mar 30, 1973
Season: 7 Season
Episode: 171 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 7.60/10 by 268.00 users
Popularity: 109.098
Language: English
Episode
Pilot
Memory
Operation Rogosh
Old Man Out (1)
Old Man Out (2)
Odds on Evil
Wheels
The Ransom
A Spool There Was
The Carriers
Zubrovnik's Ghost
Fakeout
Elena
The Short Tail Spy
The Legacy
The Reluctant Dragon
The Frame
The Trial
The Diamond
The Legend
Snowball in Hell
The Confession
Action!
The Train
Shock
A Cube of Sugar
The Traitor
The Psychic