Hudson's Bay
A FABULOUS FIGURE WHO SAVED A NEW WORLD-FOR THE RULER WHO HAD ORDERED HIM HANGED!
1941 | 95m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Irving Pichel |
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| Writer: | Lamar Trotti |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Jan 03, 1941 |
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| Director: | Irving Pichel |
| Writer: | Lamar Trotti |
| Genres: | Adventure, History |
| Keywords | canada, fur trapping, historical fiction, 18th century, fur trade |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Paul Muni | Pierre Esprit Radisson |
| Gene Tierney | Barbara Hall |
| Laird Cregar | Gooseberry |
| John Sutton | Lord Edward Crewe |
| Virginia Field | Nell Gwyn |
| Vincent Price | King Charles II |
| Nigel Bruce | Prince Rupert |
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Irving Pichel | Director |
| Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Lamar Trotti | Writer |
| Travis Banton | Costume Design |
| Robert L. Simpson | Editor |
| Wiard B. Ihnen | Art Direction |
| Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Alfred Bruzlin | Sound Editor |
| Roger Heman Sr. | Sound Editor |
| Richard Day | Art Direction |
| J. Peverell Marley | Director of Photography |
| George Barnes | Director of Photography |
| Clifford Wilson | Technical Advisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
| Kenneth Macgowan | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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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 ef ... forts 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.