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Modesty Blaise (1966) was a Comedy - Crime Film directed by Joseph Losey and produced by Joseph Janni and Norman Priggen.

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Peter O'Donnell complains that of his original screenplay, only one line remains: "What do you know about Wilberforce?" However, he accepted the invitation to write a novelization of this film. The book, based upon O'Donnell's original screenplay rather than this film, was a huge success and spawned a series of best-selling novels until 1996.
When the shorter red haired assassin puts out a cigarette in an ashtray, the "Dutch" logo on the ashtray spells: Fokking.
Clive Revill was fourth choice and the part was not cast until shooting had begun.
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