Hudson's Bay

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

5.8(11)19401h 35m

AdventureHistory

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.

Director

Irving Pichel

Cast

Paul Muni

Pierre Esprit Radisson

John Sutton

Lord Edward Crewe

Laird Cregar

Gooseberry

Gene Tierney

Barbara Hall

Vincent Price

King Charles II

Nigel Bruce

Prince Rupert

Virginia Field

Nell Gwyn

Morton Lowry

Gerald Hall

Robert Greig

Sir Robert

Chief Thundercloud

Orimha

Frederick Worlock

English Governor

Montagu Love

Governor D'Argenson

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

3y ago

7.0

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 a...