Which 1966/1973 US TV series featured the characters Jim Phelps, Cinnamon Carter and Rollin Hand?
Mission: Impossible (1988 TV series) actors, and numerous Australians (along with Australian-based American and British actors) were also cast in guest roles. According to Patrick White's book, "The Complete Mission Impossible Dossier", the original plan was for the series to be an actual remake/reimaginging of the original series, with the new cast playing the same characters from the original series: Rollin Hand, Cinnamon Carter, et al. Just before filming began, White writes, the decision was made to rework the characters so that they were now original creations, albeit still patterned after the originals, with only Jim Phelps remaining unchanged, and with the Collier character becoming
Mission: Impossible Impossible" was one of the first American commercial network programs to be filmed in Australia. According to Patrick White's book, the original plan was for the series to be an actual remake of the original series, with the new cast playing the same characters from the original series: Rollin Hand, Cinnamon Carter, et al. Just before filming began, White writes, the decision was made to rework the characters so that they were now original creations, albeit still patterned after the originals, with only Jim Phelps remaining unchanged. The new series was not a hit, but it was produced cheaply enough