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The Match King

The Match King (1932)

December. 31,1932
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6.9
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NR
| Drama

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.

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Noutions
1932/12/31

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

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Teringer
1933/01/01

An Exercise In Nonsense

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FirstWitch
1933/01/02

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Aneesa Wardle
1933/01/03

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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