I Was an Adventuress (1940)
1h 21m
Running Time
May 10, 1940Release Date
I Was an Adventuress (1940)
1h 21m
Running Time
May 10, 1940Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Vera Zorina
Countess Tanya Vronsky
Richard Greene
Paul Vernay
Erich von Stroheim
Andre Desormeaux
Peter Lorre
Polo
Sig Ruman
Herr Protz
Gregory Ratoff
Director
Fritz Feld
Henri Gautier
Karl Tunberg
Writer
Cora Witherspoon
Aunt Cecile
Don Ettlinger
Writer
Anthony Kemble-Cooper
Cousin Emil
John O'Hara
Writer
John O'Hara
Writer
Inez Palange
Fisherman's Wife
Jacques Companéez
Writer
Egon Brecher
Jacques Dubois
Herbert Juttke
Writer
Roger Imhof
Henrich Von Kongen
Rolfe Sedan
Waiter
Eddie Conrad
Waiter
Fortunio Bonanova
Orchestra Leader
Paul Porcasi
Fisherman
Jean Acker
Minor Role
George Balanchine
Ballet Dancer
Phyllis Barry
Englishwoman at Exhibit
Nino Bellini
Frenchman at Exhibit
Eugene Borden
Porter
Jack Chefe
Frenchman at Exhibit
Lew Christensen
Ballet Dancer
Ann Codee
Frenchwoman at Party
Billy Cook
Bellboy
Franco Corsaro
French Artist (uncredited)
Yola d'Avril
Frenchwoman at Party
Jean Del Val
Detective
Mario Dominici
Frenchman at Exhibit
Denis Greene
Englishman at Party
Leyland Hodgson
Englishman at Exhibit
Crauford Kent
Englishman at Party
Jeanne Lafayette
Frenchwoman at Party
Charles Laskey
Ballet Dancer
Carl M. Leviness
Frenchman at Exhibit
Audrey Manners
Englishwoman at Party
Alphonse Martell
Frenchman at Exhibit
Jean Perry
Detective
Albert Pollet
Waiter
Jacques Vanaire
Hotel Clerk
Ellinor Vanderveer
Englishwoman at Exhibit
Florence Wix
Frenchwoman at Exhibit
Media.
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I Was an Adventuress is a 1940 American drama film directed by Gregory Ratoff, starring Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Erich von Stroheim, and Peter Lorre. Actress/ballerina Countess Tanya Vronsky (Vera Zorina) works as decoy for two international con artists Andre Desormeaux (Erich von Stroheim) and Polo (Peter Lorre).