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I Was an Adventuress poster

I Was an Adventuress (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...

Release: 1940-05-10
Runtime: 81 min
Rating: 6.3 / 10
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
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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
Rolfe Sedan
Rolfe Sedan
Waiter
Eddie Conrad
Eddie Conrad
Waiter
Fortunio Bonanova
Fortunio Bonanova
Orchestra Leader
Jean Acker
Jean Acker
Minor Role (uncredited)
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George Balanchine
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Phyllis Barry
Phyllis Barry
Englishwoman at Exhibit (uncredited)