Episode
Mission: Impossible: Cargo Cult
Overview
The IMF take on a criminal organization that is using the image of a vulcano-god and his prophet to scare a primitive tribe into mining gold for them.
Details
- Series
- Mission: Impossible
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1990-01-13
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
Cargo Cult is Episode 12 in Season 2 of Mission: Impossible. It aired on 1990-01-13. The runtime is 50 min.
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