Storyline

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.—Rod Crawford

Plot Keywords

immigrant, entrepreneur, actress, girlfriend, uncle, melodramatic, dark, solemn, chicago, sweden, europe, factory, small town, illinois, rags to riches, business scheme, arrogance, success, doomed romance, family, wretched excess, rise, fall, love, 1930s

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