I Was an Adventuress

I Was an Adventuress

81 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy | May 10, 1940

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...

I Was an Adventuress

81 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy | May 10, 1940

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...
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title I Was an Adventuress
Directors Gregory Ratoff
Writers John O'Hara, Don Ettlinger, Karl Tunberg

Cast

Vera Zorina

as Countess Tanya Vronsky

Richard Greene

as Paul Vernay

Erich von Stroheim

as Andre Desormeaux

Peter Lorre

as Polo

Sig Ruman

as Herr Protz

Fritz Feld

as Henri Gautier

Cora Witherspoon

as Aunt Cecile

Anthony Kemble-Cooper

as Cousin Emil

Inez Palange

as Fisherman's Wife

Egon Brecher

as Jacques Dubois

Roger Imhof

as Henrich Von Kongen

Rolfe Sedan

as Waiter

Eddie Conrad

as Waiter

Fortunio Bonanova

as Orchestra Leader

Paul Porcasi

as Fisherman

Jean Acker

as Minor Role

George Balanchine

as Ballet Dancer

Phyllis Barry

as Englishwoman at Exhibit

Nino Bellini

as Frenchman at Exhibit

Eugene Borden

as Porter

Jack Chefe

as Frenchman at Exhibit

Lew Christensen

as Ballet Dancer

Ann Codee

as Frenchwoman at Party

Billy Cook

as Bellboy

Franco Corsaro

as French Artist (uncredited)

Yola d'Avril

as Frenchwoman at Party

Jean Del Val

as Detective

Mario Dominici

as Frenchman at Exhibit

Denis Greene

as Englishman at Party

Leyland Hodgson

as Englishman at Exhibit

Crauford Kent

as Englishman at Party

Jeanne Lafayette

as Frenchwoman at Party

Charles Laskey

as Ballet Dancer

Carl M. Leviness

as Frenchman at Exhibit

Audrey Manners

as Englishwoman at Party

Alphonse Martell

as Frenchman at Exhibit

Jean Perry

as Detective

Albert Pollet

as Waiter

Jacques Vanaire

as Hotel Clerk

Ellinor Vanderveer

as Englishwoman at Exhibit

Florence Wix

as Frenchwoman at Exhibit