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

81 min

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

Paul Porcasi

as Fisherman

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

Jean Acker

as Minor Role (uncredited)

George Balanchine

as Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

Phyllis Barry

as Englishwoman at Exhibit (uncredited)

Nino Bellini

as Frenchman at Exhibit (uncredited)

Eugene Borden

as Porter (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

as Frenchman at Exhibit (uncredited)

Lew Christensen

as Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

Ann Codee

as Frenchwoman at Party (uncredited)

Billy Cook

as Bellboy (uncredited)

Franco Corsaro

as French Artist (uncredited)

Yola d'Avril

as Frenchwoman at Party (uncredited)

Jean Del Val

as Detective (uncredited)

Mario Dominici

as Frenchman at Exhibit (uncredited)

Denis Greene

as Englishman at Party (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

as Englishman at Exhibit (uncredited)

Crauford Kent

as Englishman at Party (uncredited)

Jeanne Lafayette

as Frenchwoman at Party (uncredited)

Charles Laskey

as Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

as Frenchman at Exhibit (uncredited)

Audrey Manners

as Englishwoman at Party (uncredited)

Alphonse Martell

as Frenchman at Exhibit (uncredited)

Jean Perry

as Detective (uncredited)

Albert Pollet

as Waiter (uncredited)

Jacques Vanaire

as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Ellinor Vanderveer

as Englishwoman at Exhibit (uncredited)

Florence Wix

as Frenchwoman at Exhibit (uncredited)

Director

Gregory Ratoff