Top billed cast

1. 

   Paul Muni

   Pierre Esprit Radisson

2. 

   John Sutton

   Lord Edward Crewe

3. 

   Laird Cregar

   Gooseberry

4. 

   Gene Tierney

   Barbara Hall

5. 

   Vincent Price

   King Charles II

6. 

   Nigel Bruce

   Prince Rupert

7. 

   Virginia Field

   Nell Gwyn

8. 

   Morton Lowry

   Gerald Hall

9. 

   Robert Greig

   Sir Robert

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-25

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 efforts 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 for...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• canada
• fur trapping
• historical fiction
• 18th century
• fur trade