The Widow

September 10, 1967
50 min
2.5/5
Season 2 - Episode 1: The Widow

Season 2 - Episode 1: The Widow

The Widow - Episode 1

Overview

Alex Cresnic and his partner Walters have bought out an entire nation's heroin crop and are smuggling it into Marseilles for a sale - the IMF needs to put them out of business. Barney and Jim fake an elevator crash and ""blind"" Walters. In the hospital, Rollins impersonates Cresnic's voice and gives Walters specific instructions. Meanwhile, Cresnic believes Walters to be dead and meets Walters' widow, played by Cinnamon. She blackmails Cresnic into taking her on as his new partner, and then leads him to a rival competitor, played by Rollin. Jim is the chemist in the set-up, and Cresnic ""kills"" Willy and takes Jim to work for him. Jim has a jacket that lets him switch Cresnic's heroin for powdered milk. Cresnic makes the sale but the IMF has put an opening in the bottom of his desk where he stores the money. Rollin breaks in and tells the buyers to check their merchandise, after setting up Walters to go to the basement and check the money. The buyers discover the heroin is fake, and they

Episode Information

TV Show

Mission: Impossible

Season

Season 2

Episode Number

1

Air Date

September 10, 1967

Runtime

50 minutes

Rating

2.5/5

Guest Stars

Joe Maross

Joe Maross

Mark Walters

George Tyne

George Tyne

Dr. Premel

John Orchard

John Orchard

Maharis

Britt Lomond

Britt Lomond

Thornton

William Windom

William Windom

Alex Cresnic

Crew

L

Lee H. Katzin

Director

M

Michel Hugo

Director of Photography

B

Bill Ross

Art Direction

L

Lucien Hafley

Set Decoration

Gerald Fried

Gerald Fried

Conductor

Gerald Fried

Gerald Fried

Music