Ooh! Sound Of Freedom was such a good movie, wasn't it? I hadn't watched The Slave in several years but I can see how you made the connection, Lima. I'll have to re-watch it and look for those extended scenes. Was Bruce Geller among the photographs Peter Graves discarded? lol

@lima-2: My boy the late, great Sid Haig is NOT "ubiquitous"! BTW, when was Sid on Star Trek TOS?

@SecretaryIMF said:

@lima-2: My boy the late, great Sid Haig is NOT "ubiquitous"! BTW, when was Sid on Star Trek TOS?

Hello Maria! By your own account Sid Haig was ubiquitous: all over the place, seemingly at the same time, in 9 episodes of Mission: Impossible. All over the series!! :-P Not derogatory by any stretch of the imagination, but rather flattering, I think. Sid Haig appeared in Star Trek TOS: Return of the Archons season1, episode 21.

I think for the most part I loved the 2 parters. There was maybe one I was underwhelmed by but the episode escapes me at this point.

@Jayhn1111 said:

I think for the most part I loved the 2 parters. There was maybe one I was underwhelmed by but the episode escapes me at this point.

Jayhn1111: I'm guessing that was Old Man Out from season 1, you spoke of. I think they shot so many extra scenes (as Lima mentioned) like Rollin doing a dry run on the steps he took to get the bishop out of his cell. "Production" didn't want to waste the film they already shot, so they turned it into a two-parter. That brings up another point about The Slave. Both Old Man Out and The Slave showed off Greg Morris' acting abilities. If I remember, he played several roles within his role of Barney Collier. He was a prison guard, a beggar, and even a slave on the block. Yikes! And at the end of Old Man Out, one was led to believe it was Steven Hill playing the calliope on the circus caravan as they drove through the frontier barrier. Only to find out it was Barney wiping off the white, clown-face make-up. Greg Morris must have had great sense of humor about the roles he played!

@klondike6 said:

@Jayhn1111 said:

I think for the most part I loved the 2 parters. There was maybe one I was underwhelmed by but the episode escapes me at this point.

Jayhn1111: I'm guessing that was Old Man Out from season 1, you spoke of. I think they shot so many extra scenes (as Lima mentioned) like Rollin doing a dry run on the steps he took to get the bishop out of his cell. "Production" didn't want to waste the film they already shot, so they turned it into a two-parter. That brings up another point about The Slave. Both Old Man Out and The Slave showed off Greg Morris' acting abilities. If I remember, he played several roles within his role of Barney Collier. He was a prison guard, a beggar, and even a slave on the block. Yikes! And at the end of Old Man Out, one was led to believe it was Steven Hill playing the calliope on the circus caravan as they drove through the frontier barrier. Only to find out it was Barney wiping off the white, clown-face make-up. Greg Morris must have had great sense of humor about the roles he played!

He sure did.

@klondike6 said:

@Jayhn1111 said:

I think for the most part I loved the 2 parters. There was maybe one I was underwhelmed by but the episode escapes me at this point.

Jayhn1111: I'm guessing that was Old Man Out from season 1, you spoke of. I think they shot so many extra scenes (as Lima mentioned) like Rollin doing a dry run on the steps he took to get the bishop out of his cell. "Production" didn't want to waste the film they already shot, so they turned it into a two-parter. That brings up another point about The Slave. Both Old Man Out and The Slave showed off Greg Morris' acting abilities. If I remember, he played several roles within his role of Barney Collier. He was a prison guard, a beggar, and even a slave on the block. Yikes! And at the end of Old Man Out, one was led to believe it was Steven Hill playing the calliope on the circus caravan as they drove through the frontier barrier. Only to find out it was Barney wiping off the white, clown-face make-up. Greg Morris must have had great sense of humor about the roles he played!

Old man out I was actually glad was a 2 parter. But that's just my personal preference because I love those type of episodes with prison escapes and things like that. I am going to have to take a look at the list of 2 parters and it'll probably come to me then.

@lima-2: Sorry about that! I must have been in a lot of pain when I wrote that! My boy Sid Haig was in Classic Mission Impossible so much that he should have gotten reccuring cast member status. I'll have to check out that TOS episode. Rest In Peace, Mr. Haig. You are missed.

@Jayhn1111: I rewatched Old Man Out the other day and in retrospect Mary Ann Mobley as Crystal was one of the best things about the episode. Her unrequited love for Dan, Her possible jealousy of Cinnamon (because Cinnamon spends more time with Dan than she does), Her artistry on the hire wire, and last but not least, Her catfights with Cinnamon! She was great!

@SecretaryIMF said:

@lima-2: Sorry about that! I must have been in a lot of pain when I wrote that! My boy Sid Haig was in Classic Mission Impossible so much that he should have gotten reccuring cast member status. I'll have to check out that TOS episode. Rest In Peace, Mr. Haig. You are missed.

Thank you for returning to this thread Maria! No worries. I was afraid I had unintentionally insulted you. It should be me who apologizes. BTW Sid Haig had more appearances in Mission: Impossible than the other "recurring" cast member, Lee Merriweather, who only had 8! :-P Thank you and Jayhn 1111 for the memories of Old Man Out, too! :-D

@lima-2: You're quite welcome! Fun Fact: Sid Haig played one of the Bond movie villian Blofeld's minions in Diamonds Are Forever. The man was everywhere!

@cinna_mini_me: I always wondered if a photo of Bruce Geller was among the other photos of Impossible Missions Force Agents. Does anyone know if he was, and if so, what does he look like?

I just saw Sid Haig a couple of days ago in an episode of a 1970's TV series called Police Story.

@SecretaryIMF said:

I just saw Sid Haig a couple of days ago in an episode of a 1970's TV series called Police Story.

Police Story?! I loved that show!! How were you able to watch it? I don't think it was ever released on video or streaming.

@cinna_mini_me: It's on METV+ at 7:00am pst weekdays. I just happened to stumble across it a couple of weeks ago.