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Languages: English
Genres: Crime, Drama,
Runtime: 1:19:00 Hour
Cast: Warren William, Lili Damita, Glenda Farrell
Directors: Howard Bretherton, William Keighley
Rating: 6.9 (605 Votes)Year: 1932
Summary: Unscrupulous Paul Kroll, starting as a Chicago janitor, uses graft to finance a trip to Sweden where by trickery he gains control of his uncle's 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.
