I agree with the last reviewer as this may be the very best episode of the first season. The storyline is excellent and so is the acting.
There's a bit of a twist here which makes it all the more appealing. Generally, the IMF team attempted to smuggle out VIP's from some small foreign country. Here, a rocket scientist (played by Joe Campanella) wishes to remain where he is. -- So the team has to convince him that it's in his best interest to leave, and ASAP. His wife, also a doctor, is played by Mala powers, popular in 50s actress.
Rounding out the top cast is John Colicos, playing the commissioner, a top actor in stern, overbearing roles. Not too long after this episode, Campanella would co-star in MANNIX as the head of a computer firm who employs Joe. Also Colicos would guest star many times.
Chester Krumholz burned the midnight oil on this one, also a contributor to MANNIX and for many years a writer for POLICE SURGEON and KOJAK.
Look for the field at Hollywood High School in one scene, surrounded by lots of buildings and traffic, which hasn't changed a bit. When it opened its doors in 1904, it was surrounded by lemon groves and bean fields and students generally arrived on horses! It remains one of the oldest schools in Los Angeles, and student Lana Turner was actually discovered across the street at a malt shop!
Veteran Felix Locher (pronounced Lo Shay) plays Yablonski, a staple in many films, especially sci fi adventures in the 50s as a scientist. He was the father of handsome Jon Hall, who was in many adventure films opposite Maria Montez, usually wearing nothing but a loin cloth! Hall later became a successful businessman in Hollywood.
Recommened from Season 1 CBS/Paramount box set 2006 restored.