without quite tickling your imagination." Numerous reviewers have praised the CIA break-in and the last climactic pursuit scene, despite their mixed feelings about the rest of the film. Both scenes have frequently featured highly on fans and critics' lists of best action scenes from this series and have been referenced many times in other subsequent works. Reactions from original television series cast Several cast members of the original television series that ran from 1966 to 1973 reacted negatively to the film. Actor Greg Morris, who portrayed Barney Collier in the original television series, was reportedly disgusted with the film's treatment of the Phelps character, and he walked out of the theater before the film ended. Peter Graves, who played Jim Phelps in the original series as well as in the late-1980s revival, also disliked how Phelps turned out in the film. Graves had been offered the chance to reprise his role from the TV series but turned it down upon learning his character would be revealed as a traitor. Martin Landau, who portrayed Rollin Hand in the original series, expressed his own disapproval concerning the film. In an MTV interview in October 2009, Landau stated, "When they were working on an early incarnation of the first one – not the script they ultimately did – they wanted the entire team to be destroyed, done away with one at a time, and I was against that. It was basically an action-adventure movie and not Mission. Mission was a mind game. The ideal mission was getting in and getting out without anyone ever knowing we were there. So the whole texture changed. Why volunteer to essentially have our characters commit suicide? I passed on it ... The script wasn't that good either!" Sequels References External links Mission: Impossible (film series) 1996 films 1996 action thriller films 1990s chase films 1990s English-language films 1990s heist films 1990s spy action films American action thriller films American chase films American heist films American sequel films American spy action films Cruise/Wagner Productions films Films about the Central Intelligence Agency Films adapted into comics Films based on television series Films directed by Brian De Palma Films produced by Tom Cruise Films scored by Danny Elfman Films set in Kyiv Films set in Kent Films set in Langley, Virginia Films set in London Films set in Prague Films set on the London Underground Films set on trains Films