The Widow

Season 2 - Episode 1: The Widow
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
Mark Walters

George Tyne
Dr. Premel

John Orchard
Maharis

Britt Lomond
Thornton

William Windom
Alex Cresnic
Crew
Lee H. Katzin
Director
Michel Hugo
Director of Photography
Bill Ross
Art Direction
Lucien Hafley
Set Decoration

Gerald Fried
Conductor

Gerald Fried
Music