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I Was an Adventuress

I Was an Adventuress (1940)

Comedy Crime Drama

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...

Updated Jun 1 2020

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Runtime: 81 mins Rating: 5.9

Cast

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

Polo

Sig Ruman

Sig Ruman

Herr Protz

Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim

Andre Desormeaux

Inez Palange

Inez Palange

Fisherman's Wife

Fritz Feld

Fritz Feld

Henri Gautier

Cora Witherspoon

Cora Witherspoon

Aunt Cecile

Fortunio Bonanova

Fortunio Bonanova

Orchestra Leader

Rolfe Sedan

Rolfe Sedan

Waiter

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Crew

Joseph C. Wright

Joseph C. Wright

Art Direction

Nunnally Johnson

Nunnally Johnson

Associate Producer

Richard Day

Richard Day

Art Direction

Thomas Little

Thomas Little

Set Decoration

Karl Tunberg

Karl Tunberg

Screenplay

Gregory Ratoff

Gregory Ratoff

Director

Leon Shamroy

Leon Shamroy

Director of Photography

Francis D. Lyon

Francis D. Lyon

Editor

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