Salute John Citizen (1942)
Despite its fervently flag-waving title, the British Salute John Citizen is a simple, low-pressure study of the wartime "home front." Edward Rigby plays Mr. Bunting, an out-of-work clerk who is rehired during the manpower shortage of World War II. Bunting's son Ernest (Jimmy Hanley) is determined to stay out of the line of fire, but changes his mind after witnessing the horrors of the London Blitz. In its own quiet, unassuming war, Salute John Citizen paints a truer portrait of a proud populace besieged by war than the more celebrated Mrs. Miniver. The film was based on a brace of novels by Robert Greenwood. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Edward Rigby, Mabel Constanduros, (more)
- Director(s):
- Maurice Elvey
Synopsis of Salute John Citizen
Despite its fervently flag-waving title, the British Salute John Citizen is a simple, low-pressure study of the wartime "home front." Edward Rigby plays Mr. Bunting, an out-of-work clerk who is rehired during the manpower shortage of World War II. Bunting's son Ernest (Jimmy Hanley) is determined to stay out of the line of fire, but changes his mind after witnessing the horrors of the London Blitz. In its own quiet, unassuming war, Salute John Citizen paints a truer portrait of a proud populace besieged by war than the more celebrated Mrs. Miniver. The film was based on a brace of novels by Robert Greenwood. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Salute John Citizen
- Edward Rigby - Mr. Bunting
- Stanley Holloway - Oskey
- Jimmy Hanley - Ernest Bunting
- Eric Micklewood - Chris Bunting
- Stewart Rome - Col. Saunders
- Charles Deane - Bert Rollo
- Jonathan Field - Young Brockley
- Victor Weske
- Ian Fleming
- Henry Hallatt - Mr. Bickerton
- Mabel Constanduros - Mrs. Bunting
- George Robey - Corder
- Christine Silver - Mrs. Bickerton
- Peggy Cummins - Julie Bunting
- Dinah Sheridan - Evie
- David Keir - Turner
- Gordon Begg
- Valentine Dunn
- Harry Fowler
- Director(s):
- Maurice Elvey
- Writer(s):
- Elizabeth Baron, Clemence Dane
- Producer(s):
- Wallace Orton
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