Modesty Blaise

"Nothing can faze Modesty Blaise, the world's deadliest and most dazzlingly female agent!"

Jul 4 1966 N/A 1h 59m
Action, Adventure, Comedy

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. She is being set up by the feds but is wise to the plot and calls in sidekick Willie Garvin and a few other friends to outsmart them. Meanwhile, at his island hideaway, Gabriel, the diamond thief has his own plans for Blaise and Garvin.

Plot

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.

Written by

Evan Jones, Peter O'Donnell, Jim Holdaway

Directed by

Joseph Losey

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English, Français, Deutsch, Nederlands, Italiano

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 nominations total

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