

MovieDramaCrimeRomance
I Was an Adventuress
6.5(10)19401h 21m
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
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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)
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Crew
Directing
- Gregory RatoffDirector
- James Curtis HavensSecond Unit Director
- Fred SpencerAssistant Director
Writing
- Karl TunbergScreenplay
- Don EttlingerScreenplay
- John O'HaraScreenplay
- Jacques CompanéezOriginal Film Writer
- Hans JacobyOriginal Film Writer
- Jane Hinton SmithAdaptation
- Darrell WareWriter
- Michel DuranOriginal Film Writer
- Herbert JuttkeOriginal Film Writer
Production
- Nunnally JohnsonAssociate Producer
Camera
- Leon ShamroyDirector of Photography
- Edward CronjagerDirector of Photography
Editing
- Francis D. LyonEditor
Sound
- Roger Heman Sr.Sound
- W.D. FlickSound
- David ButtolphMusic Director
- David ButtolphMusic
- Herbert W. SpencerOrchestrator
Art
- Richard DayArt Direction
- Thomas LittleSet Decoration
- Joseph C. WrightArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- RoyerCostume Design
Crew
- George BalanchineChoreographer
Lighting
- Jack LorenzElectrician