Peter O'Donnell complains that of his original screenplay, only one line remains: "What do you know about Wilberforce?" When Willie Garvin is introduced, there is a close-up of a painting of the comic strip version of Modesty Blaise. At one point Modesty Blaise is shown looking at copies of the real-life Modesty Blaise comic strip, which originally appeared in the London Evening Standard. Peter O'Donnell was invited to write a novelization of this film. The book, based upon O' ...[Read Story ]