I Was an Adventuress poster
Basic Info
Release: May 10, 1940
Rating: ⭐ 6.3/10 (9 votes)

I Was an Adventuress

1940 ⭐ 6.3/10 9 votes
Overview

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...

Genres
Drama Crime Romance
Production Countries
  • United States of America
Spoken Languages
  • French fr
  • English en

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Cast
Vera Zorina
Vera Zorina
Countess Tanya Vronsky
Richard Greene
Richard Greene
Paul Vernay
Erich von Stroheim
Erich von Stroheim
Andre Desormeaux
Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre
Polo
Sig Ruman
Sig Ruman
Herr Protz
Fritz Feld
Fritz Feld
Henri Gautier
Cora Witherspoon
Cora Witherspoon
Aunt Cecile
Anthony Kemble-Cooper
Cousin Emil
Paul Porcasi
Paul Porcasi
Fisherman
Inez Palange
Inez Palange
Fisherman's Wife
Egon Brecher
Egon Brecher
Jacques Dubois
Roger Imhof
Roger Imhof
Henrich Von Kongen
Crew
Gregory Ratoff
Gregory Ratoff
Director
Karl Tunberg
Karl Tunberg
Screenplay
Don Ettlinger
Screenplay
John O'Hara
John O'Hara
Screenplay
David Buttolph
Music
Darrell Ware
Writer
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