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Hudson's Bay (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
101 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1941 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Irving Pichel

Written By:
Lamar Trotti

Actors:
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
Florence Bates ..... Duchess (scenes deleted)
Montagu Love ..... Governor D'Argenson
Ian Wolfe ..... Mayor
Chief John Big Tree ..... Chief

Synopsis:

This sweeping drama chronicles the foundation a Canadian institution: the Hudson's Bay Trading Company. Set in the 17th century when the fur trade was at its peak the story centers on Radisson, a far-sighted entrepreneurial fur trapper, and his sidekick who dream of establishing a major trading post on the title bay. Opportunity arises when they encounter an exiled British aristocrat and begin teaching him frontier ways. He in turn has them travel to England with him. There the determined Radisson, must first convince King Charles that the proposed post would be a lucrative venture. The king eventually agrees to fund the first post and Radisson, his partner and the aristocrat return to the Canadian frontier. The company gets off to a good start until the aristocrat's brother-in-law gets drunk and kills a native thereby nearly starting a war that Radisson averts by having the drunken killer killed. The nobleman is outraged and as soon as the three return to England to give a report to the King, he has the two trappers placed in prison. Fortunately, Radisson is able to appeal to the King's greed by telling him that the heretofore successful trading post will collapse without the two of them and they return to Canada to found a business empire that is still going strong today.

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.

Three chance met adventurers, discover the wealth of the Hudson Bay area, and convince Charles II, after many mishaps, to grant a charter for the foundation of the Hudson Bay Company.

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