Mission: Impossible Season 5 Cat's Paw 1971
Larry Collier, newspaper editor and Barney's brother, is killed while trying to establish a link between corrupt police chief Abbott and Corley, the head of a ghetto mob who masks his illegal activities with an insurance front company. Barney, set up with a past as a crooked accountant, gets close to Corley by rescuing is secretary Millie - Corley hires him on when he finds out about his ""past."" Barney plants money to make it look like Corley's assistant Goslin is working against him, while the IMF use a phony seance to convince Goslin to quit with some incriminating evidence. Jim arrests Goslin with the evidence, a codebook, and uses it to force Abbott to back him as a mob boss then bribes Corley's guard to try and kill the mob leader. Barney rescues him and Corley runs into Jim, who threatens to take him to Abbott - knowing Abbott will have him killed, Corley turns state's evidence.
- Released: 1971-01-09
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Stars: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, Bob Johnson, Lynda Day George
- Director: William Woodfield, Bruce Geller, Barry Crane, Robert H. Justman, Allan Balter
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1. The Killer 1970-09-19
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2. Flip Side 1970-09-26
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3. The Innocent 1970-10-03
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4. Homecoming 1970-10-10
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6. My Friend, My Enemy 1970-10-25
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7. Butterfly (aka Poor Butterfly) 1970-10-31
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9. The Amateur 1970-11-14
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10. Hunted 1970-11-21
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11. The Rebel 1970-11-28
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12. Squeeze Play (aka Sicily) 1970-12-12
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13. The Hostage 1970-12-19
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14. Takeover 1971-01-02
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15. Cat's Paw 1971-01-09
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16. The Missile (aka Torpedo) 1971-01-16
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17. The Field 1971-01-23
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19. The Cataflaque 1971-02-06
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20. Kitara (aka The Bigot) 1971-02-20
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21. A Ghost Story 1971-02-27
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22. The Party 1971-03-06
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23. The Merchant 1971-03-17
