Hudson's Bay

Muni gives another fascinating character performance in a talky production about the 17th century fur trade in Canada. Radisson, a flamboyant adventurer in real life (Muni), and his sidekick Cregar encounter Sutton, a British nobleman who has been sent to Canada as an exile for transgressions at court. He is taught trapping and trading by the colorful frontiersmen who then return with him to the court of King Charles (Price). Muni proposes establishing the Hudson's Bay Trading Company. At first Price declines, but, when he listens to Muni's promise of great riches from such a trading post, he changes his mind and funds the enterprise. Muni returns to Canada in 1667...