Episode
Mission: Impossible: The Cattle King
Overview
The IMF teams up with Australian aborigines to bring down a superstitious cattle king and arms dealer.
Details
- Series
- Mission: Impossible
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 1988-12-18
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
The Cattle King is Episode 7 in Season 1 of Mission: Impossible. It aired on 1988-12-18. The runtime is 50 min.
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