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.
Directed byHoward Bretherton, William Keighley
Written byEinar Thorvaldson (novel), Houston Branch, Sidney Sutherland
CountryUSA
Runtime79 min
On screen
Warren William
Lili Damita
Glenda Farrell
Juliette Compton