Beggars in Ermine is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by Phil Rosen.

John Dawson, a steel-mill owner loses his legs and his company in an accident engineered by his crooked secretary/treasurer, Jim Marley.

They use their wit and the power of fear to great advantage, and they do indeed rise to the top many times.

He will steal Flint's wife, contrive to dump a bucket of hot molten steel on his partner Flint to kill him, and continue to deceive and cheat everyone around him, until he alone owns every bit of the mighty steel mill and the wealth that goes with it.

Pop a big bowl of white kernel popcorn with plenty of warm melted butter drizzled over it and enjoy the show.