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Modesty Blaise

DVD Cover

Country	UK
Directed by	Joseph Losey
Release Date	1966
Language	English, French, Italian
Studio	Modesty Blaise Ltd.
Distributor	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Modesty Blaise	Monica Vitti
Willie Garvin	Terence Stamp
Gabriel	Dirk Bogarde
Sir Gerald Tarrant	Harry Andrews
Minister	Alexander Knox

Modesty Blaise is a 1966 British crime comedy directed by Joseph Losey and loosely based on the comic strip by Peter O'Donnell.

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.

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

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.

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.

British secret service agents aim their weapons at Modesty and Willie Garvin.

A Hi-Power wielding guard takes an arrow to the stomach from Modesty.

Willie Garvin (Terence Stamp) uses the pistol in a shootout.

Modesty ends up with the Hi-Power later in the scene.

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Beretta M1935

A Beretta M1934 apears very briefly .

Beretta Model 1935, the .32 ACP version of the Model 1934. Other than caliber, the pistols are identical.

Modesty finds a Beretta M1934 in Paul Hagan's (Michael Craig) appartment.

M1911A1 pistol

Two of Fothergill´s men who break into Hagan´s apartment carry M1911A1 pistols.

Commercial Pre WW2 Blued M1911A1 - 45 acp

Two of Fothergill's men capture Paul Hagan (Michael Craig)...

... and surprise Modesty Blaise in the bath.

Fothergill's man is hit by a shot from the umbrella.

Vis wz. 35 Radom pistol

Willie Garvin (Terence Stamp), Modesty (Monica Vitti) and guards are seen also with a Vis wz. 35 Radom pistols.

Vis wz. 35 Radom - 9x19mm

Willie Garvin (Terence Stamp) carries a Radom pistol

He later hands his gun off to Modesty.

Several of the island guards carry Radom pistols as well.

Walther P38

Gabriel Fothergill (Dirk Bogarde) carries a Walther P38 pistol.

Walther P1 - 9x19mm.

Gabriel smokes one last cigarette.

Thompson Submachine Gun

Gabriel's men carry Thompson Submachine Guns.

Colt M1921AC Thompson with 20-round magazine - .45 ACP

One of guardians of the island (right) fires at the Sheikh's horsemen with his submachine gun.

Mauser Rifle Series

Sheikh soldiers are armed mainly with a Unidentified Mauser rifles.

Czech VZ-24 Mauser rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Sheikh soldiers captured Gabriel Fothergill (Dirk Bogarde).

Umbrella Gun

Sir Gerald Tarrant (Harry Andrews) uses an umbrella gun.

Sir Gerald Tarrant (right) fires at one of Fothergill´s menwith his umbrella gun.

Trivia

Japanese poster

English poster

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-[[Image:Modesty Blaise-poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Modesty Blaise'' (1966)]]
+{{Infobox Movie
+|name = Modesty Blaise
+|picture = Modesty-Blaise-dvd.jpg
+|caption = ''DVD Cover''
+|country = [[Image:UKD.jpg|25px]] UK
+|director = Joseph Losey
+|date= 1966
+|language = English, French, Italian
+|studio=Modesty Blaise Ltd.
+|distributor=Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
+|character1=Modesty Blaise
+|actor1=[[Monica Vitti]]
+|character2=Willie Garvin
+|actor2=[[Terence Stamp]]
+|character3=Gabriel
+|actor3=[[Dirk Bogarde]]
+|character4=Sir Gerald Tarrant
+|actor4=[[Harry Andrews]]
+|character5=Minister
+|actor5=[[Alexander Knox]]
+}}
-'''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 by Peter O'Donnell.
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 == Luger P08 ==
-Modesty Blaise ([[Monica Vitti]]) wore a costume, which included a [[Luger P08]] pistol.
+Modesty Blaise ([[Monica Vitti]]) carries a [[Luger P08]] pistol as part of a costume.
 [[Image:Luger.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm]]
-[[Image:MB-MV-LugerP08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Modesty shows Paul Hagan ([[Michael Craig]]), her former lover, who is secret service agent, a pistol in the holster at his waist.]]
+[[Image:MB-MV-LugerP08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Modesty shows Secret Service agent Paul Hagan ([[Michael Craig]]), her former lover, the Luger P08.]]
 == Browning Hi-Power ==
-Many of the characters in the movie uses a [[Browning Hi-Power]] pistol.
+Numerous characters carry the [[Browning Hi-Power]].
 [[File:Browning-HP-P35.jpg|thumb|none|350px|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. ]]
-[[Image:MB-B-HP-2.jpg‎‎‎|thumb|none|600px|Agents of the British secret service aims their pistols at Modesty and Willie Garvin.]]
+[[Image:MB-B-HP-2.jpg‎‎‎|thumb|none|600px|British secret service agents aim their weapons at Modesty and Willie Garvin.]]
-[[Image:MB-B-HP-TS.jpg‎‎‎|thumb|none|600px|Also Willie Garvin ([[Terence Stamp]]) uses in movie this pistol.]]
+[[Image:MB-Browning-HP.jpg‎‎‎|thumb|none|600px|A Hi-Power wielding guard takes an arrow to the stomach from Modesty. ]]
-‎[[Image:MB-Browning-HP.jpg‎‎‎|thumb|none|600px|The pistol originally belonged to one of the guardians of the island, which Modesty shot by bow and arrow.]]
+[[Image:MB-B-HP-1.jpg‎‎‎|thumb|none|600px|Willie Garvin ([[Terence Stamp]]) uses the pistol in a shootout.]]
+[[Image:MB-B-HP-3.jpg‎‎‎|thumb|none|600px|Modesty ends up with the Hi-Power later in the scene.]]
+‎
 == Beretta M1935 ==
-In the film also appear in a single shot a [[Beretta M1934]] pistol.
+A [[Beretta M1934]] apears very briefly .
 [[Image:BerettaModel1935.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Beretta Model 1935, the .32 ACP version of the Model 1934. Other than caliber, the pistols are identical.]]
-[[Image:MB-MV-BM1934.jpg‎‎‎‎|none|thumb|600px|Modesty found in the apartment of British secret service agent Paul Hagan ([[Michael Craig]]) the pistol concealed in the drawer.]]
+[[Image:MB-MV-BM1934.jpg‎‎‎‎|none|thumb|600px|Modesty finds a Beretta M1934 in Paul Hagan's ([[Michael Craig]]) appartment.]]
-== M1911 pistol ==
+== M1911A1 pistol ==
-Also [[M1911A1]] pistol belongs to the classic comics.
+Two of Fothergill´s men who break into Hagan´s apartment carry [[M1911A1]] pistols.
 [[Image:Colt1911A1PreWar.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Commercial Pre WW2 Blued M1911A1 - 45 acp]]
-[[Image:MB-M1911-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two Fothergill´s men dismantle Paul Hagan ([[Michael Craig]]) ...]]
+[[Image:MB-M1911-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two of Fothergill's men capture Paul Hagan ([[Michael Craig]])...]]
-[[Image:MB-M1911-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|... and tried to kidnap  Modesty from his flat.]]
+[[Image:MB-M1911-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px| ... and surprise Modesty Blaise in the bath.]]
-[[Image:MB-M1911-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Modesty surprised in the bath.]]
+[[Image:MB-SU-HA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Fothergill's man is hit by a shot from the umbrella.]]
-== Polish WZ. 35 VIS Pistol ==
-The gun, which  a guard's confiscated Modesty is a [[RADOM (Polish WZ. 35 VIS Pistol)]].
-[[Image:PistoletWZ35 RADOM.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Pistolet WZ. 35 VIS - 9x19mm]]
-[[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.]]
+== Vis wz. 35 Radom pistol ==
+Willie Garvin ([[Terence Stamp]]), Modesty ([[Monica Vitti]]) and guards are seen also with a [[Vis wz. 35 Radom pistol]]s.
+[[Image:PistoletWZ35 RADOM.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Vis wz. 35 Radom - 9x19mm]]
+[[Image:MB-VG-VZ35.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Willie Garvin ([[Terence Stamp]]) carries a Radom pistol ]]
+[[Image:MB-M1911-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|He later hands his gun off to Modesty.]]
+[[Image:MB-RADOM.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Several of the island guards carry Radom pistols as well.]]
 == Walther P38 ==
-Gabriel Fothergill ([[Dirk Bogarde]]) wears with a [[Walther P38]] pistol.
+Gabriel Fothergill ([[Dirk Bogarde]]) carries a [[Walther P38]] pistol.
 [[Image:WaltherP1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Walther P1 - 9x19mm.]]
-[[Image:MB-Walther-P38.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
+[[Image:MB-Walther-P38.jpg|thumb|none|600px|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.
+Gabriel's men carry [[Thompson Submachine Gun]]s.
-[[File:Colt1921AC.jpg‎ |thumb|none|400px|Colt M1921AC Thompson with 20-round magazine - .45 ACP]]
+[[Image:Colt1921AC.jpg‎ |thumb|none|400px|Colt M1921AC Thompson with 20-round magazine - .45 ACP]]
-[[Image:MB-TSMG.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
+[[Image:MB-TSMG.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of guardians of the island (right) fires at the Sheikh's horsemen with his submachine gun.]]
 == Mauser Rifle Series ==
 Sheikh soldiers are armed mainly with a [[Mauser Rifle Series|Unidentified Mauser]] rifles.
-[[File:Czech vz. 24.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Czech VZ-24 Mauser rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser ]]
+[[Image:Czech vz. 24.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Czech VZ-24 Mauser rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser ]]
-[[Image:MB-M98RS.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|]]
+[[Image:MB-M98RS.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Sheikh soldiers captured Gabriel Fothergill ([[Dirk Bogarde]]).]]
+==Umbrella Gun ==
+Sir Gerald Tarrant ([[Harry Andrews]]) uses an umbrella gun.
+[[Image:MB-SU-HA.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Sir Gerald Tarrant (right) fires at one of Fothergill´s menwith his umbrella gun.]]
-== The shooting umbrella ==
+== Trivia ==
-Sir Gerald Tarrant ([[Harry Andrews]]) is equipped with a shooting umbrella.
+[[Image:ModestyBlaise-Jap.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Japanese poster]]
-[[File:MB-SU-HA.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|]]
+[[Image:Modesty Blaise-poster.jpg|thumb|none|400px|English poster]]