Hudson's Bay (1940)
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.
- Date of release
- 1940-12-24
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Adventure, History
- Director
- Irving Pichel
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
Hudson's Bay is a 1940 American historical western adventure film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Paul Muni, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar and John Sutton. Produced and distributed by 20th Century-Fox, the film is about a pair of French-Canadian explorers whose findings lead to the formation of the Hudson's Bay Company. In Canada, the film was heavily promoted by the Hudson's Bay Company through its retail stores.
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