Mission: Impossible - Season 5 Episode 21 A Ghost Story
Howard Bainbridge, a chemical warfare expert who defected to East, was contaminated by his own experiments and then returned back to the U.S. and his family manor, where his father (a paranoid arch-conservative) had him killed and the body buried. Since Howard destroyed the records before defecting, the IMF must recover the body to get a sample of the chemicals. The elder Bainbridge, Justin, is unaware that his head of security is an enemy agent also trying to find Howard' sbody. The IMF gain access to a air-raid shelter on the grounds and start ""haunting"" Justin with a secretly-implanted microphone and holographic projectors. Plagued by visions only he can see of his son and his dead wife Janette (played by Dana), Justin calls in physician Paris, who recommends he assauge his guilt conscience and Justin ends up digging up his son's body, which the IMF take.
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 (Producer), Barry Crane (Producer), Robert H. Justman (Producer), William Woodfield (Writer), Bruce Geller (Executive Producer), Allan Balter (Producer)
First Air Date: Sep 17, 1966
Last Air date: Mar 30, 1973
Season: 7 Season
Episode: 171 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 7.61/10 by 266.00 users
Popularity: 97.168
Language: English
Episode
The Killer
Flip Side
The Innocent
Homecoming
Flight
My Friend, My Enemy
Butterfly (aka Poor Butterfly)
Decoy
The Amateur
Hunted
The Rebel
Squeeze Play (aka Sicily)
The Hostage
Takeover
Cat's Paw
The Missile (aka Torpedo)
The Field
Blast
The Cataflaque
Kitara (aka The Bigot)
A Ghost Story
The Party
The Merchant