The Match King
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- Drama
Overview
Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden. There, via ongoing continuing deceit and manipulation, he gradually attains a monopoly on the matchstick market in several countries and becomes an influential international figure. Based on the true story of Ivar Kreuger.
Keywords
- rise and fall
- chicago
- illinois
- womanizer
- sweden
- deceit
- dishonesty
- pre-code
- tycoon
- downfall
- forgery
- counterfeit
- monopoly
- counterfeiter
- matches
- international finance
- crooked businessman
- manipulator
- loan procurement
- chicago, illinois
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 31, 1932
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- First National Pictures
- Cast
- Irving Bacon,Lili Damita,DeWitt Jennings,Charles Sellon,Harold Minjir,George Meeker,Alan Hale,Harold Huber,Torben Meyer,Alphonse Martelland 25 more
- Director
- William Keighley,Howard Bretherton
- Producer
- Hal B. Wallis
- Cinematography
- Robert Kurrle
- Music
- Bernhard Kaun
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0023198