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The original trailer ofModesty Blaise directed by Joseph Losey and starring Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde.
Modesty Blaise (1966) Trailer. historycomestolife. 59.7K subscribers. Subscribed. 461. 69K views 10 years ago.
Nov 15, 2016 · Though Modesty and Paul are surprised in their lovenest by Gabriel's agents, Walter, Hans, and Gunther, they are rescued by Willie. Aware that she has betrayed him, Gabriel orders Nicole's death...
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
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After the assassination of one of their agents in Amsterdam, British Secret Service chief Sir Gerald Tarrant recruits former criminal mastermind Modesty Blaiseto protect a shipment of diamonds en route to Abu Tahir, the Sheikh of a small Middle Eastern kingdom. The shipment has also attracted Gabriel, the head of a criminal organization that includ...
In 1965, Mim Scala of the Scala Browne Agency saw O'Donnell's strip and acquired the film rights to the character. Scala had the idea of casting Barbara Steele as Modesty with Michael Caine as Willie and Sidney Gilliat directing, but he sold the rights to produce the film to Joseph Janni, who had Monica Vitti and Joseph Losey as his clients. Caine ...
Prior to the release of the film, O'Donnell novelised his version of the screenplay as a novel titled Modesty Blaise. This book was a critical and sales success, resulting in O'Donnell alternating between writing novels and writing the comic strip for the next 30 years. O'Donnell's version of the screenplay was also used as the basis for a late-199...
According to Fox records, the film needed to earn $5,800,000 in rentals to break even and made $4,825,000, meaning it lost money.
Modesty Blaise was a moderate success at the time of its original release, Bosley Crowther, writing in The New York Times, characterised the film as "a weird film, all right. Maybe, if the whole thing were on a par with some of its flashier and wittier moments, or were up to its pictorial design, which is dazzling, it might be applauded as a first-...
Modesty Blaise at IMDbModesty Blaise at AllMovieModesty Blaise at the British Film Institute[better source needed]Modesty Blaise at the TCM Movie DatabaseOct 29, 2019 · Modesty Blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the British government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist.
Modesty Blaise directed by Joseph Losey. Watch the trailer, learn more and read about American Film Institute alumni.
