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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. It was adapted into films in 1966, 1982, and ...
- Peter O'Donnell
- 1965
Modesty Blaise: Directed by Joseph Losey. With Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde, Harry Andrews. Stylish ex-con Modesty Blaise and her partner Willie Garvin are tasked by the British Secret Service with preventing her rival Gabriel from stealing diamonds that are to be delivered to her adoptive father, a Sheikh.
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- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Joseph Losey
- 1966-07-04
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. It stars Monica Vitti as "Modesty", opposite Terence Stamp as ...
A list of 13 books by Peter O'Donnell featuring the female action heroine Modesty Blaise and her adventures. The books are rated by readers and can be read in order of publication or by genre.
Modesty Blaise was a moderate success at the time of its original release, and today is generally considered a camp classic, although fans of the Modesty Blaise character remain divided on its merits.
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- Monica Vitti
- Joseph Losey
- Comedy
A stylish ex-con and a secret agent are hired by the British government to stop a diamond heist by a rival criminal. The film features Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, and Dirk Bogarde in a spy comedy adventure.
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Feb 4, 2018 · Modesty Blaise was merely a cartoon character turned into a bit of pulp fiction, but in the midst of my unhappy adolescence, she changed the way I thought about myself and my future.
