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Release Date:
4 July 1966 (Norway)
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Nothing can faze Modesty Blaise, the world's deadliest and most dazzlingly female agent!
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Modesty Blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her...
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
Another 1 nomination
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(2 articles)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Monica Vitti | ... | Modesty Blaise |
 | Terence Stamp | ... | Willie Garvin |
 | Dirk Bogarde | ... | Gabriel |
| Harry Andrews | ... | Tarrant |
| Michael Craig | ... | Paul |
| Clive Revill | ... | McWhirter / Sheik Abu Tahir |
| Alexander Knox | ... | Minister |
| Rossella Falk | ... | Mrs. Fothergill (as Rosella Falk) |
| Scilla Gabel | ... | Melina |
| Michael Chow | ... | Weng |
| Joe Melia | ... | Crevier |
| Saro Urzì | ... | Basilio |
| Tina Aumont | ... | Nicole (as Tina Marquand) |
| Oliver MacGreevy | ... | Tattooed Man |
| Jon Bluming | ... | Hans |
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119 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG (video rating) |
Canada:PG (video rating) |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:Unrated
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When Modesty rings the doorbell an an apartment building, the second name down on the address sign next to the door bell says in mock "Dutch": Van Dijk.
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Continuity: Modesty's large leg tattoo is missing in the pre-credits sequence.
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Referenced in Pulp Fiction (1994)
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The End (We Should Have)
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Fox pinned hopes on 'Modesty' becoming a franchise to rival Bond, but these were cruelly dashed as Joseph Losey's film played to mostly empty theatres in the U.K. and U.S.A. ( it did rather better on the Continent ). Taken on its own terms, its not too bad. Jack Shampan's production design is superb, as is John Dankworth's music, there are a couple of decent performances ( Clive Revill, Harry Andrews, and a wonderfully camp turn from Dirk Bogarde ) and some good moments such as Modesty finding herself trapped in an op art cell. But as an adaptation of Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway's comic-strip, its a non-starter. Monica Vitti fails to project warmth and charm as Modesty, while Terence Stamp sounds like Michael Caine on an off-day. The scene where they sing a romantic duet whilst under fire is just painful. Losey was clearly not the right director for this project. Fox made a rather more successful 'girl power' Bond thriller a year later - 'Fathom', starring Raquel Welch.