7.7/103 votes#1 - The Ransom
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/12/1967
David Vincent and Bob Torin capture an alien leader, whom they hope to show to the authorities as proof; however, the leader's alien comrades foil David's efforts.
Director: Lewis Allen
Writer: Robert L. Collins
7.7/103 votes#2 - The Pit
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/16/1968
Julian Reed calls upon David Vincent to help him expose aliens who have infiltrated The Slaten Research Center. By the time David arrives at the scene, Julian's having hallucinations. Is Julian truly a lunatic, or are the aliens behind his mental lapse?
Director: Lewis Allen
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#3 - Doctor's Lady
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/22/1975
Dr. Baker and Harriet's niece, Kate, fall in love with each other. Then their age difference becomes an issue.
Director: Lewis Allen
Writer: Arthur Heinemann
6.5/102 votes#4 - TOD-5 (aka The Carrier)
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1972
A government scientist, Paul Morse, plans to sell a biological weapon, TOD-5, to terrorist Alpha Group led by Dr. Flory. The IMF must get to Morse's contact, Gordon Holt, and get him to take them to Alpha HQ. When Holt gets to the small town where he is to get the weapon from Morse, he finds the town under quarantine and people dying - then he starts showing (IMF-faked) symptoms of the disease. He grabs Mimi, who is supposedly immune, and takes her with him to Alpha HQ and infects them to force them to come up with an antidote - the IMF trail him and arrest the whole operation.
Director: Lewis Allen
Writer: James D. Buchanan
6.5/102 votes#5 - The Puppet
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 12/22/1972
Paul Ostro is the head of the Ostro family and a Syndicate member - after a hunting accident leaving him heavily bandaged he announces a new $100 million Syndicate plan and the IMF must find out what it is. It turns out brother Leo had Paul killed and has a substitute placed which he uses to convince four mobsters to contribute a million each into ""Paul's"" mystery scheme. Jim and Casey get Leo involved in an oil deal with a corrupt minister (IMF guest agent Khalid) while Barney as a cook gives ""Paul"" a fake heart attack - Leo has to play along and Willy gets the fake Paul out and they replace him with their own IMF agent Hank and steal the $4 million from the other gangsters. Leo's rival Gault finds the money and a ticket, and when Leo tries to get ""Paul"" to clear him, the IMF agent tells a different story. Leo has to reveal his plan to use the $4 million as the basis for a massive counterfeiting operation and take Gault and the others to his printing presses - the IMF move in and capt
Director: Lewis Allen
Writer: Leigh Vance
6.0/101 votes#6 - Who Killed Annie Foran?
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/10/1964
When Annie Foran's body is discovered in the back seat of a car parked at a fashionable night spot, suspicion falls on baseball star Eddie Dineen. As evidence mounts against the man, Burke wonders if Eddie is really guilty. Perhaps he should pay more attention to the slimy gossip columnist and his assistant, the wealthy socialite who has more than a passing interest in Eddie, the ball club manager, or the shifty hotel clerk. One thing is for sure, the nervous owner of the car in which the body was found is not the killer.
Director: Lewis Allen
Writer: N/A
6.0/102 votes#7 - The Pendulum
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 2/23/1973
Gunnar Malstrom leads the Pendulum, a secret terrorist group that is planning Operation Nightfall, targeted at the U.S. government - the IMF must stop it and bring Malstrom to justice. Casey dates Malstrom and brings him to World Resources Ltd., an IMF front company and supposed rival organization to Pendulum, and offer him a job if he leaves Pendulum. The IMF use a hidden polygraph to determine that Pendulum plans the assassination of a general - they fail to learn that the assassination has already taken place and Pendulum plans to have their general blow up the Chiefs of Staff in an explosion. Jim tries to warn the fake general, who asks him to sit in on the meeting. Thanks to a planted transmitter, the IMF discover Pendulum's true plan and Jim gets rid of the bomb just in time.
Director: Lewis Allen
Writer: N/A
5.0/101 votes#8 - The Trial
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/28/1967
Josef Varsh plans to put an American on trial on false charges, discredit the West, and gain power. Rollin, disguised as Dan, meets with a woman who sold out her boyfriend/Western spy. Meanwhile, Briggs himself is with the Deputy Minister, a rival of Varsh's and a reformer. Rollin-as-Briggs leaves behind evidence implicating himself, and Varsh has the real Briggs arrested. Kudnov, who knows Dan is innocent, insists that Varsh let Briggs go, so Varsh orders him killed. The IMF team makes the Deputy Minister vanish - now they have to get the Deputy Minister and the girlfriend into court to testify and make Varsh look foolish.
Director: Lewis Allen
Writer: Laurence Heath
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"The Ransom" is the best rated episode directed by Lewis Allen. It scored 7.7/10 based on 3 votes. It was written by Robert L. Collins. It aired on 12/12/1967 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Pit".