Year: 1940
Runtime: 95 mins
Language: English
Director: Irving Pichel
Set in a highly fictionalized version of Canada’s early days, the film follows trapper‑explorer Pierre‑Esprit Radisson as he envisions a vast empire around Hudson’s Bay. He wins the trust of Indigenous peoples, clashes with French rivals, and persuades King Charles II to fund a bold expedition of conquest, portraying a larger‑than‑life hero who saves a new world for a ruler who once ordered his death.
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