Hudson's Bay (1940)
A FABULOUS FIGURE WHO SAVED A NEW WORLD-FOR THE RULER WHO HAD ORDERED HIM HANGED!
95 min
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
- January 9, 1941
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Paul Muni as Pierre Esprit Radisson
- Gene Tierney as Barbara Hall
- Laird Cregar as Gooseberry
- John Sutton as Lord Edward Crewe
- Virginia Field as Nell Gwyn
- Vincent Price as King Charles II
- Nigel Bruce as Prince Rupert
- Morton Lowry as Gerald Hall
- Robert Greig as Sir Robert
- Chief Thundercloud as Orimha
Crew
- Irving Pichel · Director
- Lamar Trotti · Writer
- Darryl F. Zanuck · Producer
- Alfred Newman · Composer
- George Barnes · Cinematographer
- J. Peverell Marley · Cinematographer
- Robert L. Simpson · Editor