Directed by Brian De Palma   Written by Bruce Geller   David Koepp   Steven Zaillian   Robert Towne   Cast Tom Cruise ... Ethan Hunt Jon Voight ... Jim Phelps Emmanuelle Béart ... Claire (as Emmanuelle Beart) Henry Czerny ... Kittridge Jean Reno ... Krieger Ving Rhames ... Luther Kristin Scott Thomas ... Sarah Davies (as Kristin Scott-Thomas) Vanessa Redgrave ... Max Ingeborga Dapkunaite ... Hannah Valentina Yakunina ... Drunken Female IMF Agent Marek Vasut ... Drunken Male IMF Agent Nathan Osgood ... Kittridge Technician John McLaughlin ... TV Interviewer Rolf Saxon ... CIA Analyst William Donloe Karel Dobrý ... Matthias Andreas Wisniewski ... Max's Companion David Shaeffer ... Diplomat Rand Housman Rudolf Pechan ... Mayor Brandl Gaston Subert ... Jaroslav Reid Ricco Ross ... Denied Area Security Guard Mark Houghton ... Denied Area Security Guard Bob Friend ... Sky News Man Annabel Mullion ... Flight Attendant Garrick Hagon ... CNN Reporter Jirina Trebická ... Cleaning Woman Andrzej Borkowski ... Kiev Room Agent (as Andrzei Borkowski) Maya Dokic ... Kiev Room Agent Sam Douglas ... Kiev Room Agent Olegar Fedoro ... Kiev Room Agent (as Oleg Fedorov) Carmela Marner ... Kiev Room Agent Mimi Potworowska ... Kiev Room Agent David Schneider ... Train Engineer Helen Lindsay ... Female Executive in Train Pat Starr ... CIA Agent Richard D. Sharp ... CIA Lobby Guard Randall Paul ... CIA Escort Guard Sue Doucette ... CIA Agent (as Suzanne Doucette) Graydon Gould ... Public Official Tony Vogel ... MI5 Agent Michael Rogers ... Large man Laura Brook ... Margaret Hunt Morgan Deare ... Donald Hunt David Phelan ... Steward on Train Melissa Knatchbull ... Air Stewardess Ion Caramitru ... Zozimov Dale Dye ... Frank Barnes Marcel Iures ... Alexander Golitsyn Uncredited Cast Keith Campbell ... Fireman Michael Cella ... Student Emilio Estevez ... Jack Harmon Harry Fielder ... Car Driver Toby Hinson ... Man on Plane John Knoll ... Passenger on Train in Tunnel Paul Markham ... Train Guard Tina Simmons ... Female Executive in Train Fred Wood ... Man Leaving Waterside Pub Produced by J.C. Calciano   Tom Cruise   Paul Hitchcock   Paula Wagner   Original Music by Danny Elfman

Additional Info Premiere: May 20, 1996 Theatrical Release: May 22, 1996 DVD Release: November 17, 1998 Blu-ray Release: June 03, 2008 Country: Distributor: Paramount Studios Websites: Production Companies Paramount Pictures (presents) Cruise/Wagner Productions (Cruise/Wagner) Distributors Paramount Pictures   (1996) (United States) (theatrical) Paramount Home Entertainment   (1996) (United States) (widescreen) (VHS) Paramount Home Entertainment   (1996) (United States) (laserdisc) (video) American Broadcasting Company (ABC)   (1998) (United States) (TV) Paramount Home Entertainment   (1998) (United States) (DVD) Paramount Home Entertainment   (2006) (United States) (special collector's edition) (DVD) Paramount Home Entertainment   (2007) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Amazon Prime Video   (1996) (World-wide) (video) CBS   (2020) (United States) (TV) Paramount+   (2022) (United States) (video) Pluto TV   (2022) (United States) (video) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.2 / 10 Our Rating 5.0 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users 5.0 / 10 Site Ranking #341 / 21,127 Ratings Breakdown Average 1 total rating Site Ranking #337 Back To The Future Part III (1990) #338 Daredevil: Season 1 (2015) #339 Daredevil: Season 2 (2016) #340 Daredevil: Season 3 (2018) #341 Mission: Impossible (1996) #342 War Of The Worlds (2005) #343 The Thing (1982) #344 The Day After Tomorrow (2004) #345 The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)