Mission: Impossible Blues

William Windom as a record-company owner fronting for the syndicate. Belker: Ed Flanders. Lieutenant Eckhart: Vince Howard. Phelps: Peter Graves. Barney: Greg Morris. Judy: Gwenn Mitchell. Tanner: Alex Rocco. Willy: Peter Lupus. Casey: Lynda Day George., William Windom makes a return visit to Mission: Impossible, again in a villainous characterization. This time, Windom is cast as Stu Gorman, a music-industry executive fronting for the Syndicate. To get the goods on Gorman, IMF agents Barney and Casey pose as blues singers–with Casey taking her part of the charade to dangerous extremes. This episode is highlighted by Greg Morris’ rendition of “Judy’s Gone Now”, a song specially written for the series by Morris and Benny Golson. Scripted by Howard Berk and Orville H. Hampton from a story by Berk, “Blues” first aired on November 20, 1971., William Windom as a record-company owner fronting for the syndicate.