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...
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.946 |
Directed By
Gregory Ratoff
Crew
Roger Heman Sr.
W.D. Flick
David Buttolph
Nunnally Johnson
Karl Tunberg
Leon Shamroy
Edward Cronjager
Don Ettlinger
Gregory Ratoff
Richard Day
Thomas Little
Francis D. Lyon
John O'Hara
Joseph C. Wright
James Curtis Havens
Royer
Fred Spencer
Jacques Companéez
David Buttolph
Herbert W. Spencer
George Balanchine
Hans Jacoby
Jack Lorenz
Jane Hinton Smith
Darrell Ware
Michel Duran
Herbert Juttke
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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