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Hudson's Bay

- A FABULOUS FIGURE WHO SAVED A NEW WORLD-FOR THE RULER WHO HAD ORDERED HIM HANGED!

Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson's Bay. He befriends the Indians, fights the French, and convinces King Charles II to sponsor an expedition of conquest.

Release Date : 1941-01-03

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Pierre Esprit Radisson

Original Name : Paul Muni

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lord Edward Crewe

Original Name : John Sutton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gooseberry

Original Name : Laird Cregar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barbara Hall

Original Name : Gene Tierney

Gender : Female

Character Name : King Charles II

Original Name : Vincent Price

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prince Rupert

Original Name : Nigel Bruce

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nell Gwyn

Original Name : Virginia Field

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gerald Hall

Original Name : Morton Lowry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir Robert

Original Name : Robert Greig

Gender : Male

Character Name : Orimha

Original Name : Chief Thundercloud

Gender : Male

Character Name : English Governor

Original Name : Frederick Worlock

Gender : Male

Character Name : Governor D'Argenson

Original Name : Montagu Love

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mayor

Original Name : Ian Wolfe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief

Original Name : Chief John Big Tree

Gender : Male

Character Name : Germaine

Original Name : Jody Gilbert

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-25

This is quite a fun pioneering romp through the pages of the early history of the British in Canada. Centred around the exploits of Pierre Radisson (Paul Muni), his larger than life sidekick "Gooseberry" (Laird Cregar) and the somewhat discredited Lord Crewe (John Sutton), the story depicts their efforts to export hundreds of thousands of extremely valuable pelts to Europe, Muni is on great form as the intrepid entrepreneur who manages to fall in and out with just about everyone from the locals, the French and finally King Charles II (Vincent Price) in London - who grants them a charter to form the now legendary Hudson's Bay Trading Company. The dialogue is quickly paced and quite funny at times, though a bit on the wordy side, and the three gents manage to keep the action coming thick and past - with (perhaps only a scant) nod to history as they go. Gene Tierney only fleetingly provides the love interest for Crewe and Virginia Field is also on hand to demonstrate that Nell Gwynn had more than a little influence on her Sovereign. The photography is suitably grand in the wilderness and sumptuous at King Charles' court, and Alfred Newman's score helps this adventure story to entertain.