I Was an Adventuress
1940 | 81m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Gregory Ratoff |
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| Writer: | Don Ettlinger, John O'Hara, Karl Tunberg, Jane Hinton Smith, Darrell Ware |
| Staring: |
| 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... | |
| Release Date: | May 10, 1940 |
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| Director: | Gregory Ratoff |
| Writer: | Don Ettlinger, John O'Hara, Karl Tunberg, Jane Hinton Smith, Darrell Ware |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Crime |
| Keywords | blackmail, chase, impersonation, moral reformation, ballerina, jewels, con artists, imposture |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Gregory Ratoff | Director |
| Edward Cronjager | Director of Photography |
| Don Ettlinger | Screenplay |
| John O'Hara | Screenplay |
| Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Karl Tunberg | Screenplay |
| Francis D. Lyon | Editor |
| Leon Shamroy | Director of Photography |
| Joseph C. Wright | Art Direction |
| W.D. Flick | Sound |
| Roger Heman Sr. | Sound |
| David Buttolph | Music, Music Director |
| James Curtis Havens | Second Unit Director |
| Fred Spencer | Assistant Director |
| Royer | Costume Design |
| Herbert W. Spencer | Orchestrator |
| George Balanchine | Choreographer |
| Hans Jacoby | Original Film Writer |
| Jacques Companéez | Original Film Writer |
| Herbert Juttke | Original Film Writer |
| Michel Duran | Original Film Writer |
| Jane Hinton Smith | Adaptation |
| Darrell Ware | Writer |
| Jack Lorenz | Electrician |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Nunnally Johnson | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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