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1940 Drama Crime Romance 1h 21m

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...

6.3 TMDB RATING
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Principal Cast

Vera Zorina

Countess Tanya Vronsky

Richard Greene

Paul Vernay

Erich von Stroheim

Andre Desormeaux

Peter Lorre

Polo

Sig Ruman

Herr Protz

Fritz Feld

Henri Gautier

Cora Witherspoon

Aunt Cecile

Anthony Kemble-Cooper

Cousin Emil

Paul Porcasi

Fisherman

Inez Palange

Fisherman's Wife

Egon Brecher

Jacques Dubois

Roger Imhof

Henrich Von Kongen

Rolfe Sedan

Waiter

Eddie Conrad

Waiter

Fortunio Bonanova

Orchestra Leader

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