Jim Phelps receives the Prague mission on a plane
A coded in-flight movie request delivers the classic briefing tape: Golitsyn, the NOC list, the team, and the self-destruct.
Jim Phelps
Every Mission: Impossible moment featuring Jim Phelps, in story order. Played by Jon Voight.
8 moments · 32 min
Jim lays out the embassy plan as the team ribs Ethan
Jim assigns every role for the embassy job, then the crew teases Ethan about his cushy Chicago posting and Claire's coffee.
The Prague embassy job falls apart
Ethan works the party as a senator while the team lifts the NOC list, until the elevator plan turns deadly and a man goes down.
Ambush on the Charles Bridge
Ethan defies Jim's abort and chases Golitsyn through Prague's night streets as his team is picked off one by one.
Jim turns up alive at Liverpool Street
A wounded Jim finds Ethan in London, explains how he tracked him, and claims he saw who shot him on the bridge.
Ethan pictures what really happened in Prague
Jim names Kittridge; Ethan replays the night in his head, sees through the story, and Jim's bitter cold-war speech follows.
Confrontation in the baggage car
On the TGV, the betrayers meet over the money, and Ethan reveals how long he has known and why he played along.
Helicopter chase into the Channel Tunnel
Ethan clings to the speeding TGV roof, a helicopter on a tether follows into the tunnel, and he ends it with the gum.