Modesty Blaise (Monica Vitti) is a former crime boss lured back for one last job by the British government. She and her side kick Willie Garvin (Terence Stamp) have to prevent evil mastermind Gabriel (Dirk Bogarde) from stealing a shipment of diamonds bound for an arabic leader.A mod/pop art comedy crime caper, which tries to parody the spy genre. Unfortunately the comedy comes over as laboured. It's not aided by some bizarre episodes either, such as the lamentable song, as neither Stamp or Vitti can sing a lick, and some lackluster direction by Losey. But all in all it still manages to entertain, due mainly to a great camp performance by Bogarde, the pop art sets, fashions and some surreal and self parodying moments.
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