I Was an Adventuress

I Was an Adventuress (1940)

Drama Crime Romance

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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  • Release Date: 1940-05-10
  • Runtime: 1h 21min
  • 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)

  • 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)

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