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Modesty Blaise is a British comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by author Peter O'Donnell and illustrator Jim Holdaway in 1963. The strip follows Modesty Blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick Willie Garvin.
- Peter O'Donnell
- 1965
Modesty Blaise is a 1966 British spy-fi comedy film directed by Joseph Losey, produced by Joseph Janni, and loosely based on the popular comic strip Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell, who co-wrote the original story upon which Evan Jones and Harold Pinter based their screenplay.
Modesty Blaise is a stylish ex-con who is hired by the British Secret Service to stop a diamond heist by her rival Gabriel. The film is based on a comic strip and features Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde and John Dankworth's music score.
- (3.2K)
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Joseph Losey
- 1966-07-04
Feb 4, 2018 · Modesty is a secret agent who works on special assignments for British intelligence, so (to O’Donnell’s great frustration) she is most often compared to James Bond. They’re...
Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. A beautiful former criminal named Modesty (Monica Vitti) decides to go straight and so begins working for the Secret Service, which sends her to infiltrate a ring of...
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- Monica Vitti
- Joseph Losey
- Comedy
A spy movie based on a comic strip character, starring Monica Vitti and Terence Stamp. They are hired by the British Secret Service to stop a diamond thief, but they are also targeted by him and his henchmen.
A comedy crime action thriller based on the comic strip character Modesty Blaise, a female agent who outsmarts the British government and a diamond thief. Watch the trailer and learn more about the cast, crew, and plot of this 1966 film.