I Was an Adventuress (1940)
Overview
Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her two accomplices are really a team of skilled con artists! They mingle with Europe's high society, always looking for the next wealthy victim to fleece with their fake jewellery scam... Then Tanya meets the dashing young Paul Vernay. At first she wants to rob him. Then she decides she wants to marry him and to leave her criminal past behind her. Her accomplices agree but only if she'll join them in one last, big swindle...
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.87 |
Directed By
Gregory Ratoff
Crew
W.D. Flick
David Buttolph
Roger Heman Sr.
Nunnally Johnson
Don Ettlinger
Leon Shamroy
Edward Cronjager
Gregory Ratoff
Karl Tunberg
John O'Hara
Thomas Little
Joseph C. Wright
Richard Day
Francis D. Lyon
Royer
James Curtis Havens
Fred Spencer
Darrell Ware
Hans Jacoby
Jack Lorenz
Michel Duran
Jane Hinton Smith
Herbert Juttke
Jacques Companéez
George Balanchine
David Buttolph
Herbert W. Spencer
TOP CAST
Vera Zorina
Countess Tanya Vronsky
Richard Greene
Paul Vernay
Erich von Stroheim
Andre Desormeaux
Peter Lorre
Polo
Sig Ruman
Herr Protz
Fritz Feld
Henri Gautier
Cora Witherspoon
Aunt Cecile
Anthony Kemble-Cooper
Cousin Emil
Paul Porcasi
Fisherman
Inez Palange
Fisherman's Wife
Egon Brecher
Jacques Dubois
Roger Imhof
Henrich Von Kongen
Rolfe Sedan
Waiter
Eddie Conrad
Waiter
Fortunio Bonanova
Orchestra Leader
Jean Acker
Minor Role (uncredited)
George Balanchine
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Phyllis Barry
Englishwoman at Exhibit (uncredited)
Nino Bellini
Frenchman at Exhibit (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
Porter (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Frenchman at Exhibit (uncredited)
Lew Christensen
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ann Codee
Frenchwoman at Party (uncredited)
Billy Cook
Bellboy (uncredited)
Franco Corsaro
French Artist (uncredited)
Yola d'Avril
Frenchwoman at Party (uncredited)
Jean Del Val
Detective (uncredited)
Mario Dominici
Frenchman at Exhibit (uncredited)
Denis Greene
Englishman at Party (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson
Englishman at Exhibit (uncredited)
Crauford Kent
Englishman at Party (uncredited)
Jeanne Lafayette
Frenchwoman at Party (uncredited)
Charles Laskey
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Frenchman at Exhibit (uncredited)
Audrey Manners
Englishwoman at Party (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
Frenchman at Exhibit (uncredited)
Jean Perry
Detective (uncredited)
Albert Pollet
Waiter (uncredited)
Jacques Vanaire
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer
Englishwoman at Exhibit (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Frenchwoman at Exhibit (uncredited)
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