MODESTY BLAISE is another of those excruciatingly unfunny spy spoofs of the 1960s, similar in tone to CASINO ROYALE from the same decade. I have no idea why these were made, given that all of the spy movies I've watched from the era - Bond movies included - feature plenty of tongue-in-cheek as well as open comedy throughout. Anyway, this one's based on the popular comic strip character and involves our ditzy femme fatale heroine going after a crime boss, played by a white-haired Dirk Bogarde. There's plenty of goofy humour, which never really works, as well as familiar actors slumming it and sunny locations. A pity, then, that the script is so poor, and that they picked an actress for her looks rather than acting ability.
Review of Modesty Blaise
