Modesty Blaise
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Country
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Directed by
Joseph Losey
Release Date
1966
Language
English, French, Italian
Studio
Modesty Blaise Ltd.
Distributor
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
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 ) carries a Luger P08 pistol as part of a costume.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Modesty shows Secret Service agent Paul Hagan (Michael Craig ), her former lover, the Luger P08. Browning Hi-Power Numerous characters carry the Browning Hi-Power .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The first version of the classic pistol, developed by John Browning and Dieudonné Saive, and adopted by Belgium in 1935, the FN P-35 - 9x19mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing British secret service agents aim their weapons at Modesty and Willie Garvin. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Hi-Power wielding guard takes an arrow to the stomach from Modesty. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Willie Garvin (Terence Stamp ) uses the pistol in a shootout. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Modesty ends up with the Hi-Power later in the scene.
Beretta M1935 A Beretta M1934 apears very briefly .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beretta Model 1935, the .32 ACP version of the Model 1934. Other than caliber, the pistols are identical. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Modesty finds a Beretta M1934 in Paul Hagan's (Michael Craig ) appartment. M1911A1 pistol Two Fothergill´s men who break into Hagan´s apartment carry M1911A1 pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Commercial Pre WW2 Blued M1911A1 - 45 acp Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Fothergill's man captures Paul Hagan (Michael Craig ) ... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ... and suprise Modesty Baise in bath. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fothergill's man hit by a shot from the umbrella. Polish WZ. 35 VIS Pistol Willie Garvin (Terence Stamp ), Modesty (Monica Vitti ) and guards are seen also with a RADOM (Polish WZ. 35 VIS Pistol)s .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pistolet WZ. 35 VIS - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Willie Garvin (Terence Stamp ) carries a RADOM pistol Error creating thumbnail: File missing He later hands his gun off to Modesty. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several of the island guards carry RADOM pistols as well. Walther P38 Gabriel Fothergill (Dirk Bogarde ) carries a Walther P38 pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P1 - 9x19mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gabriel smokes one last cigarette. 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt M1921AC Thompson with 20-round magazine - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of guardians of the island (right) fire on sheikhs riders from his submachine gun ... Mauser Rifle Series Sheikh soldiers are armed mainly with a Unidentified Mauser rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Czech VZ-24 Mauser rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sheikh soldiers captured Gabriel Fothergill (Dirk Bogarde ). Compound Bow Modesty Blaise (Monica Vitti ) uses also a compound bow.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Modesty shot from her bow a arrow in the guards. The shooting umbrella Sir Gerald Tarrant (Harry Andrews ) is equipped with a shooting umbrella.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sir Gerald Tarrant (right) fired at the Fothergill´s man from his shooting umbrella. Alternative posters Japanese poster Error creating thumbnail: File missing English poster 
