Modesty Blaise (1966)
Modesty Blaise (1966)
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Cast & Crew.
Monica Vitti
Modesty Blaise
Terence Stamp
Willie Garvin
Dirk Bogarde
Gabriel
Harry Andrews
Sir Gerald Tarrant
Michael Craig
Paul Hagan
Clive Revill
McWhirter / Sheik Abu Tahir
Alexander Knox
Minister
Rossella Falk
Mrs. Fothergill
Scilla Gabel
Melina
Michael Chow
Weng
Saro Urzì
Basilio
Tina Aumont
Nicole
Oliver MacGreevy
Tattooed Man
Jon Bluming
Hans
Lex Schoorel
Walter
Max Turilli
Strauss
Jim Holdaway
Writer
Giuseppe Paganelli
Friar
Wolfgang Hillinger
Handsome
Roberto Bisacco
Enrico
John Karlsen
Oleg
John Stacy
Tyboria Captain
Patrick Ludlow
Under Secretary
Joe Melia
Crevier
Denys Graham
Co-Pilot
Robin Hunter
Pilot
Silvan
Pacco
Joseph Losey
Director
Evan Jones
Screenplay
Peter O'Donnell
Original Story
Richard Macdonald
Production Design
John Dankworth
Original Music Composer
Reginald Beck
Editor
Joseph Janni
Producer
Jack Hildyard
Director of Photography
Jack Shampan
Art Direction
Buster Ambler
Sound Recordist
Gordon Daniel
Sound Editor
John Cox
Sound Recordist
Neville Smallwood
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 1, 1966
StatusReleased
Running Time2h
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsAmsterdam, Netherlands
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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 Willie Garvin and Dirk Bogarde as her nemesis Gabriel. The cast also includes Harry Andrews, Michael Craig, Alexander Knox, Rossella Falk, Clive Revill (in a dual role), and Tina Aumont. The film's music was composed by Johnny Dankworth and the theme song, Modesty, sung by pop duo David and Jonathan. It was Vitti's first English-speaking role.
The film's production saw creative clashes between director Losey and Blaise creator O'Donnell over the vision of the final film, Losey wanting to create a "pop art"-inspired spoof of the spy movie craze prevalent at the time, in contrast to the relatively serious and grounded tone of the source material. As a result, the film heavily diverged from O'Donnell's comics and story outline in many ways, and includes a number of non sequitur elements including avant garde-inspired editing and production design, musical numbers, and deliberate continuity errors.
Modesty Blaise was entered into the Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for a Palme d'Or. General critical reception was far more muted, with critics praising the visual style and off-beat tone, but criticizing the divergences from the source material, convoluted plot, and perceived "style over substance" direction. Critical reception continues to be mixed decades after release, but the film has gained a cult following.