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The story starts just before the Civil War, showing Fisk, Boyd, and Luke conning Southern townsfolk into buying bars of soap that, might, have a $10 gold piece inside. Found out, theyre chased out of town and escape across the Mason-Dixon Line just as the war starts. Fisk hatches a plan for him and Boyd to return to the South and buy cotton then smuggle it to the North where Luke is to sell it to the Northern textile mills. By the end of the war they have made millions, only to find out that Luke had been re-investing their money into Confederate Bonds. This fact-based movie shows Jim Fisk as one of the greatest con-men and entrepreneurs in history. It concludes with his involvement in "Black Friday", the Financial Panic of 1869, with fellow financier Jay Gould (whos not represented in the movie) and their attempt to corner the U.S. gold market. Theres a love triangle between Fisk, Boyd and Mansfield, which is also based on historical accounts.
Edward Arnold
Jim Fisk
Cary Grant
Nick Boyd
Frances Farmer
Josie Mansfield
Jack Oakie
Luke
Donald Meek
Daniel Drew
Thelma Leeds
Fleurique
Clarence Kolb
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Billy Gilbert
Photographer
George Irving
Broker
Russell Hicks
Lawyer
Dudley Clements
Collins
Lionel Belmore
President of Board
Robert McClung
Bellhop
Robert Dudley
Janitor
Dewey Robinson
Beef Dooley
Stanley Fields
Top Sergeant
Richard Alexander
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Oscar Apfel
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