---
title: 'Modesty Blaise (1966)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joseph Losey'
released: '1966-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 119
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/modesty-blaise-1966'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060708/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Modesty Blaise (1966)

1966 · 119 min · Thriller · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Modesty Blaise is a 1966 British spy comedy film directed by Joseph Losey and produced by Joseph Janni, based on the comic strip of the same name by Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway. It stars Monica Vitti as the titular heroine, opposite Terence Stamp as Willie Garvin and Dirk Bogarde as her nemesis Gabriel. The cast also includes Harry Andrews, Clive Revill, Michael Craig, Alexander Knox, Rossella Falk and Tina Aumont. The screenplay by Evan Jones and an uncredited Harold Pinter was based upon a story by O'Donnell and Stanley Dubens. 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joseph Losey](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-losey)
- **Screenplay:** [Evan Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/evan-jones)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Dankworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-dankworth)
- **Producer:** [Joseph Janni](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-janni)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack Hildyard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-hildyard)
- **Editor:** [Reginald Beck](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-beck)

## Cast

- [Terence Stamp](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-stamp)
- [Harry Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-andrews)
- [Saro Urzì](https://cinepixo.com/people/saro-urzi)
- [John Karlsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-karlsen)
- [Monica Vitti](https://cinepixo.com/people/monica-vitti)
- [Michael Craig](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-craig)
- [Scilla Gabel](https://cinepixo.com/people/scilla-gabel)
- [Dirk Bogarde](https://cinepixo.com/people/dirk-bogarde)
- [Alexander Knox](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-knox)
- [Clive Revill](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-revill)
- [Rossella Falk](https://cinepixo.com/people/rossella-falk)
- [Tina Aumont](https://cinepixo.com/people/tina-aumont)

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