I Was an Adventuress (1940)
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...
Director:
Gregory Ratoff
Writers:
Karl Tunberg, Don Ettlinger, John O'Hara.
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Vera Zorina as Countess Tanya Vronsky |
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Richard Greene as Paul Vernay |
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Erich von Stroheim as Andre Desormeaux |
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Peter Lorre as Polo |
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Sig Ruman as Herr Protz |
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Fritz Feld as Henri Gautier |
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Cora Witherspoon as Aunt Cecile |
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Anthony Kemble-Cooper as Cousin Emil |
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Paul Porcasi as Fisherman |
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Inez Palange as Fisherman's Wife |
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Egon Brecher as Jacques Dubois |
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Roger Imhof as Henrich Von Kongen |
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Rolfe Sedan as Waiter |
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Eddie Conrad as Waiter |
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Fortunio Bonanova as Orchestra Leader |
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Jean Acker as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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George Balanchine as Ballet Dancer (uncredited) |
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Phyllis Barry as Englishwoman at Exhibit (uncredited) |
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Nino Bellini as Frenchman at Exhibit (uncredited) |
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Eugene Borden as Porter (uncredited) |
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Jack Chefe as Frenchman at Exhibit (uncredited) |
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Lew Christensen as Ballet Dancer (uncredited) |
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Ann Codee as Frenchwoman at Party (uncredited) |
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Billy Cook as Bellboy (uncredited) |
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Franco Corsaro as French Artist (uncredited) |
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Yola d'Avril as Frenchwoman at Party (uncredited) |
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Jean Del Val as Detective (uncredited) |
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Mario Dominici as Frenchman at Exhibit (uncredited) |
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Denis Greene as Englishman at Party (uncredited) |
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Leyland Hodgson as Englishman at Exhibit (uncredited) |
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Crauford Kent as Englishman at Party (uncredited) |
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Jeanne Lafayette as Frenchwoman at Party (uncredited) |
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Charles Laskey as Ballet Dancer (uncredited) |
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Carl M. Leviness as Frenchman at Exhibit (uncredited) |
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Audrey Manners as Englishwoman at Party (uncredited) |
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Alphonse Martell as Frenchman at Exhibit (uncredited) |
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Jean Perry as Detective (uncredited) |
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Albert Pollet as Waiter (uncredited) |
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Jacques Vanaire as Hotel Clerk (uncredited) |
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Ellinor Vanderveer as Englishwoman at Exhibit (uncredited) |
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Florence Wix as Frenchwoman at Exhibit (uncredited) |
| Sound | W.D. Flick | Sound |
| Sound | Roger Heman Sr. | Sound |
| Sound | David Buttolph | Music Director |
| Directing | Gregory Ratoff | Director |
| Writing | Karl Tunberg | Screenplay |
| Writing | Don Ettlinger | Screenplay |
| Production | Nunnally Johnson | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Edward Cronjager | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Leon Shamroy | Director of Photography |
| Writing | John O'Hara | Screenplay |
| Editing | Francis D. Lyon | Editor |
| Art | Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Art | Joseph C. Wright | Art Direction |
| Art | Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Directing | James Curtis Havens | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Fred Spencer | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Royer | Costume Design |
| Sound | David Buttolph | Music |
| Sound | Herbert W. Spencer | Orchestrator |
| Crew | George Balanchine | Choreographer |
| Writing | Hans Jacoby | Original Film Writer |
| Writing | Jacques Companéez | Original Film Writer |
| Writing | Herbert Juttke | Original Film Writer |
| Writing | Michel Duran | Original Film Writer |
| Writing | Jane Hinton Smith | Adaptation |
| Writing | Darrell Ware | Writer |
| Lighting | Jack Lorenz | Electrician |
