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.
Cast
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)
Don Ackerman
(uncredited)
Eugene Borden
Sentry (uncredited)
David Cavendish
Councillor (uncredited)
Sonny Chorre
Indian (uncredited)
Iron Eyes Cody
Indian (uncredited)
Robert Cory
Orderly (uncredited)
Dorothy Dearing
Girl (uncredited)
Jean Del Val
Captain (uncredited)
Constant Franke
Sentry (uncredited)
Denis Greene
John Randall (uncredited)
Lumsden Hare
Capt. Alan MacKinnon (uncredited)
Boone Hazlett
Indian (uncredited)
Keith Hitchcock
Footman (uncredited)
Lilyan Irene
Maid (uncredited)
Bob Lugo
Indian (uncredited)
Bob Milton
(uncredited)
Joe Molina
Indian (uncredited)
Lionel Pape
Groom of the Chamber (uncredited)
Andrew Pena
Indian (uncredited)
John Rogers
Sailor (uncredited)
Reginald Sheffield
Clerk (uncredited)
Jay Silverheels
Indian (uncredited)
Jimmy Spencer
Indian (uncredited)
Tony Urchel
Indian (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Councillor (uncredited)
Crew
Irving Pichel
Director
Lamar Trotti
Writer
Robert L. Simpson
Editor
J. Peverell Marley
Director of Photography
George Barnes
Director of Photography
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Kenneth Macgowan
Associate Producer
Travis Banton
Costume Design
Alfred Bruzlin
Sound Editor
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound Editor
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Clifford Wilson
Technical Advisor
Wiard B. Ihnen
Art Direction
Richard Day
Art Direction
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