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Modesty Blaise

Country: UK, Language: English, 119 mins

  • Director: Joseph Losey
  • Writer: Stanley Dubens; Jim Holdaway
  • Producer: Michael Birkett; Stanley Dubens

CGiii Comment

Dreadful theme song...

Faux Scottish accents that will offend every ear on the planet.

Monica Vitti...the epitome of bad casting.

Dirk Bogarde playing a gay villain...what were you thinking?!?

Terence Stamp...a squeaky-voiced cockney...what were you thinking?!?

Losey has made some damn fine films and some abominable tripe - Modesty Blaise is  gut-wrenching tripe.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Modesty Blaise (Monica Vitti), 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. She is being set-up by the feds, but is wise to the plot, and calls in sidekick Willie Garvin (Terence Stamp) and a few other friends to outsmart them. Meanwhile, at his island hideaway, Gabriel (Sir Dirk Bogarde), the diamond thief, has his own plans for Blaise and Garvin.

Cast & Characters

Monica Vitti as Modesty Blaise;
Terence Stamp as Willie Garvin;
Dirk Bogarde as Gabriel;
Harry Andrews as Sir Gerald Tarrant;
Michael Craig as Paul Hagan;
Clive Revill as McWhirter / Sheik Abu Tahir;
Alexander Knox as Minister;
Rossella Falk as Mrs. Fothergill;
Scilla Gabel as Melina;
Michael Chow as Weng;
Joe Melia as Crevier;
Saro Urzi as Basilio;
Tina Aumont as Nicole;
Oliver MacGreevy as Tattooed Man;
Jon Bluming as Hans