简介：ThestorystartsjustbeforetheCivilWar,showingFisk,Boyd,andLukeconningSoutherntownsfolkintobuyingbarsofsoapthat,might,havea$10goldpieceinside.Foundout,they'rechasedoutoftownandescapeacrosstheMason-DixonLinejustasthewarstarts.FiskhatchesaplanforhimandBoydtoreturntotheSouthandbuycottonthensmuggleittotheNorthwhereLukeistosellittotheNortherntextilemills.Bytheendofthewartheyhavemademillions,onlytofindoutthatLukehadbeenre-investingtheirmoneyintoConfederateBonds.Thisfact-basedmovieshowsJimFiskasoneofthegreatestcon-menandentrepreneur'sinhistory.Itconcludeswithhisinvolvementin"BlackFriday",theFinancialPanicof1869,withfellowfinancierJayGould(who'snotrepresentedinthemovie)andtheirattempttocornertheU.S.goldmarket.There'salovetrianglebetweenFisk,BoydandMansfield,whichisalsobasedonhistoricalaccounts.…