The Match King

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.

• William KeighleyDirector
• Sidney SutherlandScreenplay
• Howard BrethertonDirector
• Houston BranchScreenplay
• Bernhard KaunOriginal Music Composer

• Warren WilliamPaul Kroll
• Lili DamitaMarta Molnar
• Glenda FarrellBabe
• Juliette ComptonSonia Lombard
• Claire DoddIlse Wagner
• Harold HuberScarlatti
• John WrayForeman of Janitors
• Spencer ChartersOscar
• Murray KinnellNyberg
• Hardie AlbrightErik Borg
• Alan HaleBorglund
• Edmund BreeseOlaf Christofsen