John Law and the Mississippi Bubble

Directed by Richard Condie · Starring Stanley Jackson, Randy Woods, Robert Duncan, Ishu Patel · 1979

The rags-to-riches-to-rags tale of John Law, whose scheme of trading paper banknotes for gold at inflated share prices swelled into one of history's great financial bubbles.

A witty, cartoonish history lesson on a get-rich-quick scheme that still feels startlingly modern.

It was one of the most sensational get-rich-quick schemes heard of in a long time, but it eventually burst over the head of its originator, John Law. This "rags to riches to rags" story, in which the plan was to open a b

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