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[[Image:Modesty Blaise- | [[Image:Modesty-Blaise-dvd.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Modesty Blaise'' (1966)]] | ||
'''Modesty Blaise''' is a 1966 British crime comedy directed by Joseph Losey and loosely based on the comic strip of Peter O'Donnell. Modesty Blaise ([[Monica Vitti]]) is not an ordinary agent. It is endowed with the ability to just a snap of your fingers change no only hair color and hairstyle, but also her clothes, mostly somewhat eccentric, which she envies not only the fashion world but also espionage circles. The British government intends to pay £ 50,000 in diamonds for a sheikh of the Middle East as a concession for oil, but receives the information, it wants to loot these diamonds villain Gabriel Fothergill ([[Dirk Bogarde]]) and his wife Clara ([[Rossella Falk)]]. Secret service chief Sir Gerald Tarrant ([[Harry Andrews]]), therefore, turn to the sexy agent Modesty Blaise which already had with this criminal to do, and entrust it with the task to protect shipment of diamonds. Modesty teams up with her trusty sidekick Willie Garvin ([[Terence Stamp]]) and together outwit not only all the bad guys, but also the secret service. | '''Modesty Blaise''' is a 1966 British crime comedy directed by Joseph Losey and loosely based on the comic strip of Peter O'Donnell. Modesty Blaise ([[Monica Vitti]]) is not an ordinary agent. It is endowed with the ability to just a snap of your fingers change no only hair color and hairstyle, but also her clothes, mostly somewhat eccentric, which she envies not only the fashion world but also espionage circles. The British government intends to pay £ 50,000 in diamonds for a sheikh of the Middle East as a concession for oil, but receives the information, it wants to loot these diamonds villain Gabriel Fothergill ([[Dirk Bogarde]]) and his wife Clara ([[Rossella Falk)]]. Secret service chief Sir Gerald Tarrant ([[Harry Andrews]]), therefore, turn to the sexy agent Modesty Blaise which already had with this criminal to do, and entrust it with the task to protect shipment of diamonds. Modesty teams up with her trusty sidekick Willie Garvin ([[Terence Stamp]]) and together outwit not only all the bad guys, but also the secret service. | ||
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[[Image:MB-M1911-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Modesty pointing a loot gun at Clara Fothergill ([[Rossella Falk]]).]] | [[Image:MB-M1911-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Modesty pointing a loot gun at Clara Fothergill ([[Rossella Falk]]).]] | ||
[[Image:MB-RADOM.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Also, the others guardians of the island are armed by these pistols.]] | [[Image:MB-RADOM.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Also, the others guardians of the island are armed by these pistols.]] | ||
== Walther P38 == | == Walther P38 == | ||
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Sir Gerald Tarrant ([[Harry Andrews]]) is equipped with a shooting umbrella. | Sir Gerald Tarrant ([[Harry Andrews]]) is equipped with a shooting umbrella. | ||
[[File:MB-SU-HA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sir Gerald Tarrant (right) fired at the Fothergill´s man from his shooting umbrella.]] | [[File:MB-SU-HA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sir Gerald Tarrant (right) fired at the Fothergill´s man from his shooting umbrella.]] | ||
== Alternative posters == | |||
[[Image:ModestyBlaise-Jap.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Japanese poster]] | |||
[[Image:Modesty Blaise-poster.jpg|thumb|none|500px|English poster]] | |||
Revision as of 11:26, 3 December 2012
Modesty Blaise is a 1966 British crime comedy directed by Joseph Losey and loosely based on the comic strip of Peter O'Donnell. Modesty Blaise (Monica Vitti) is not an ordinary agent. It is endowed with the ability to just a snap of your fingers change no only hair color and hairstyle, but also her clothes, mostly somewhat eccentric, which she envies not only the fashion world but also espionage circles. The British government intends to pay £ 50,000 in diamonds for a sheikh of the Middle East as a concession for oil, but receives the information, it wants to loot these diamonds villain Gabriel Fothergill (Dirk Bogarde) and his wife Clara (Rossella Falk). Secret service chief Sir Gerald Tarrant (Harry Andrews), therefore, turn to the sexy agent Modesty Blaise which already had with this criminal to do, and entrust it with the task to protect shipment of diamonds. Modesty teams up with her trusty sidekick Willie Garvin (Terence Stamp) and together outwit not only all the bad guys, but also the secret service.
The following weapons were used in the movie Modesty Blaise:
Luger P08
Modesty Blaise (Monica Vitti) wore a costume, which included a Luger P08 pistol.
Browning Hi-Power
Many of the characters in the movie uses a Browning Hi-Power pistol.
Beretta M1935
In the film also appear in a single shot a Beretta M1934 pistol.
M1911 pistol
Also M1911A1 pistol belongs to the classic comics.
Polish WZ. 35 VIS Pistol
The gun, which a guard's confiscated Modesty is a RADOM (Polish WZ. 35 VIS Pistol).
Walther P38
Gabriel Fothergill (Dirk Bogarde) wears with a Walther P38 pistol.
Thompson Submachine Gun
Gabriel's men were armed with similar submachine guns as the Thompson Submachine Gun, those, but in no frame could not be correctly detected.
Mauser Rifle Series
Sheikh soldiers are armed mainly with a Unidentified Mauser rifles.
The shooting umbrella
Sir Gerald Tarrant (Harry Andrews) is equipped with a shooting umbrella.
Alternative posters
