I Was an Adventuress

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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Vera Zorina

Countess Tanya Vronsky

Richard Greene

Paul Vernay

Erich von Stroheim

Andre Desormeaux

Sig Ruman

Herr Protz

Fritz Feld

Henri Gautier

Cora Witherspoon

Aunt Cecile

Paul Porcasi

Fisherman

Inez Palange

Fisherman's Wife

Egon Brecher

Jacques Dubois

Roger Imhof

Henrich Von Kongen

Rolfe Sedan

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)

Art

Thomas Little

Set Decoration

Joseph C. Wright

Art Direction

Richard Day

Art Direction

Camera

Leon Shamroy

Director of Photography

Edward Cronjager

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Royer

Costume Design

Crew

George Balanchine

Choreographer

Directing

Gregory Ratoff

Director

James Curtis Havens

Second Unit Director

Fred Spencer

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Jack Lorenz

Electrician

Production

Nunnally Johnson

Associate Producer

Sound

David Buttolph

Music Director

Herbert W. Spencer

Orchestrator

Writing

Don Ettlinger

Screenplay

Karl Tunberg

Screenplay

John O'Hara

Screenplay

Hans Jacoby

Original Film Writer

Michel Duran

Original Film Writer

Jane Hinton Smith

Adaptation

Herbert Juttke

Original Film Writer

Jacques Companéez

Original Film Writer

Art

Thomas Little

Set Decoration

Joseph C. Wright

Art Direction

Richard Day

Art Direction

Camera

Leon Shamroy

Director of Photography

Edward Cronjager

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Royer

Costume Design

Crew

George Balanchine

Choreographer

Directing

Gregory Ratoff

Director

James Curtis Havens

Second Unit Director

Fred Spencer

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Jack Lorenz

Electrician

Production

Nunnally Johnson

Associate Producer

Sound

David Buttolph

Music Director

Herbert W. Spencer

Orchestrator

Writing

Don Ettlinger

Screenplay

Karl Tunberg

Screenplay

John O'Hara

Screenplay

Hans Jacoby

Original Film Writer

Michel Duran

Original Film Writer

Jane Hinton Smith

Adaptation

Herbert Juttke

Original Film Writer

Jacques Companéez

Original Film Writer