No love here for Modesty Blaise? Monica Vitti (fresh from Antonioni’s modernist trio) as Modesty and Terrance Stamp as her sidekick. Mod stylings. Directed by Joseph Loesy in exile due to the blacklist, three years after the amazing The Servant and four before the amazing Go Betweens. It’s not either of those and was panned I believe. It’s very dated of course.
I’m not saying it’s a good movie, but it has charm and its targets are better than most spy movies, spoof or not.
Also I much prefer Michael Caine’s Harry Palmer movies to James Bond.
ETA
Forgot to mention Dirk Bogarde as the villain.
