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The IMF agents pose as caterers to prevent mob boss Jack Wellman (Simon Oakland) from infiltrating the government of an unnamed state government. While Briggs, Rollin and Willy prepare a lavish dinner for Wellman and his cronies, Barney undertakes a delicate safecracking operation--while Cinnamon tackles the challenge of convincing the other mobsters that Wellman has betrayed them. "The Frame" was written by frequent Mission: Impossible contributors William Read Woodfield and Allen Balter. The episode first aired on January 21 1967.