I Was an Adventuress

I Was an Adventuress

1940
1h 21m
6.3

6.3/10

9 votes • View on IMDb
Drama Crime Romance
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...

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
French English

Keywords

chase blackmail thief impersonation moral reformation ballerina jewels con artists imposture

Quick Facts

Release Date May 10, 1940
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0032620

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
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

Key Crew

Gregory Ratoff
Director
Karl Tunberg
Screenplay
Don Ettlinger
Screenplay
John O'Hara
Screenplay
Darrell Ware
Writer