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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.
- Original title
- Hudson's Bay
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- —
CinemaSerf
Jun 25, 2022 · via TMDB
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.
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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
Ian Wolfe
Mayor
Chief John Big Tree
Chief
Jody Gilbert
Germaine
Florence Bates
Duchess (scenes deleted)
Eugene Borden
Sentry (uncredited)
Iron Eyes Cody
Indian (uncredited)
Jean Del Val
Captain (uncredited)
Denis Greene
John Randall (uncredited)
Lumsden Hare
Capt. Alan MacKinnon (uncredited)
Reginald Sheffield
Clerk (uncredited)
Jay Silverheels
Indian (uncredited)
Travis Banton
Costume Design
Irving Pichel
Director
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Lamar Trotti
Writer
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