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The Match King

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Original title

The Match King

Year

1932

Running time

79 min.

Country

United States

Director

Howard Bretherton, William Keighley

Screenwriter

Houston Branch, Sidney Sutherland. Novel: Einar Thorvaldson

Cast

Music

Bernhard Kaun

Cinematography

Robert Kurrle (B&W)

Producer

First National Pictures. Distributor: Warner Bros.

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

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.

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