Modesty Blaise is working as right-hand-woman for a casino owner in Tangiers, Morocco, being his eyes and ears at the tables, supervising staff, and working as a croupier if needed. When an armed gang ...

Modesty, raised by a casino owner after being abandoned by her parents, has become skilled in the ways of fighting and now acts as the casino owner's bodyguard. When she's unable to prevent the ...

After reviewing 2004's My Name is Modesty and listening to two Modesty Blaise radio adventures, I decided to take a look at the 1966 film, in spite of its bad reputation. The premise and core plot ...

Modesty Blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the British government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist.

For a vidpic filmed in 18 days by a helmer hired scarcely a week before the start of principal photography, "My Name Is Modesty" isn't half-bad. This mildly diverting time-killer focuses on the early ...

The comely comic-strip goddess is drawn into adventures galore in this slick action yarn. Alexandra Staden plays the title character, a heroine who runs a casino. Modesty faces off against a ruthless ...

Modesty Blaise was my secret self the year I was 15, the subject of ardent daydreams and the first female character I encountered who was truly in charge of something other than a hospital ward, or a ...