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Salute John Citizen is a British film of genre Drama directed by Maurice Elvey with Edward Rigby

Salute John Citizen (1942)

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Length 1h36
Directed by
Genres Drama,    War
Rating62% 3.1217253.1217253.1217253.1217253.121725

Salute John Citizen is a 1942 black and white British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Edward Rigby, Mabel Constanduros and Jimmy Hanley. The Bunting family face up to the fortunes of war during the Second World War.

Synopsis

The life of an ordinary family during the London Blitz. In the summer before that explosive September, elderly clerk Mr. Bunting (Edward Rigby) loses his job at the Department store where he's worked for over 40 years. George Bunting is the head of a happy home, with wife Mary (Mabel Constanduros), daughter Julie (Peggy Cummins), and two sons, Chris (Eric Micklewood) and Ernest (Jimmy Hanley). When the Blitz hits London, we observe its effect on the family, and how they cope with the crisis. Mr. Bunting is rehired in his former job due to the shortage of manpower, though little else in his life is positive. Daughter Julie goes to work in a factory. The London blitz destroys everything in sight, and one of his sons, Chris, is killed. In the wake of this destruction, his other son, Ernest is converted from pacifism to the war effort.

Actors

Edward Rigby

(Mr. Bunting)Mabel Constanduros

(Mrs. Bunting)Jimmy Hanley

(Ernest Bunting)Peggy Cummins

(Julie Bunting)Dinah Sheridan

(Evie)
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Stanley Holloway
George Robey
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