Unscrupulous Paul Kroll, starting as a Chicago janitor, uses graft to finance a trip to Sweden where by trickery he gains control of his uncles small match factory. By expert manipulation of everyone and employment of femmes-fatale, he parlays this into a match monopoly, expanding over many countries. Finally he meets a woman so gorgeous she turns his head away from a business that needs constant financial manipulation to survive. Based on the real career of Ivar Kreuger.
1932
HD
79min
NR
United States
English
Howard Bretherton
William Keighley
Warren William
Lili Damita
Glenda Farrell
Juliette Compton
Claire Dodd
Harold Huber
Spencer Charters
John Wray
chicago illinois
sweden
womanizer
rise and fall
tycoon
precode
counterfeit
downfall
monopoly
counterfeiter
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