---
title: 'Mission: Impossible (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Brian De Palma'
released: '1996-05-22'
runtime_minutes: 110
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'Czech Republic'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mission-impossible-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117060/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mission: Impossible (1996)

1996 · PG-13 · 110 min · Thriller, Action · Czech Republic, United Kingdom, United States

Part of: Mission: Impossible

## Synopsis

Mission: Impossible is a 1996 American spy thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, and produced by and starring Tom Cruise from a screenplay by David Koepp and Robert Towne and story by Koepp and Steven Zaillian. Based on the 1966 television series of the same name and its 1988 sequel series, it is the first installment in the Mission: Impossible film series. It also stars Jon Voight, Henry Czerny, Emmanuelle Béart, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Kristin Scott Thomas and Vanessa Redgrave. In the film, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) seeks to uncover who framed him for the murders of most of his Impossible Missions Force (IMF) team.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Tom Cruise](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-cruise), [Paula Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/paula-wagner)
- **Director:** [Brian De Palma](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-de-palma)
- **Screenplay:** [David Koepp](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-koepp), [Steven Zaillian](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-zaillian), [Robert Towne](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-towne)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Danny Elfman](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-elfman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Stephen H. Burum](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-h-burum)
- **Editor:** [Paul Hirsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-hirsch)

## Cast

- [Henry Czerny](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-czerny) as Eugene Kittridge
- [Karel Dobrý](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-dobry)
- [Andreas Wisniewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/andreas-wisniewski)
- [Jiřina Třebická](https://cinepixo.com/people/jirina-trebicka)
- [Jean Reno](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-reno) as Franz Krieger
- [Emmanuelle Béart](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmanuelle-beart) as Claire Phelps
- [Emilio Estevez](https://cinepixo.com/people/emilio-estevez) as Jack Harmon
- [Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingeborga-dapkunaite)
- [Tom Cruise](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-cruise) as Ethan Hunt
- [Rolf Saxon](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-saxon) as William Donloe
- [Marcel Iureș](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-iures) as Alexander Golitsyn
- [Jon Voight](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-voight) as Jim Phelps
- [Dale Dye](https://cinepixo.com/people/dale-dye) as Frank Barnes
- [Ving Rhames](https://cinepixo.com/people/ving-rhames) as Luther Stickell
- [Garrick Hagon](https://cinepixo.com/people/garrick-hagon)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/mission-impossible-1996
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