Development on a movie adaptation began in 1986, long before Tom Cruise became attached to star. The 1988 Writer's Guild of America strike halted movement on the project, and in the interim, Paramount produced the television revival Mission: Impossible (1988).
Mission: Impossible
When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.
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