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Salute John Citizen (1942)

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Film details

Featuring

Edward Rigby Stanley Holloway George Robey
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1942
Genre

War
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Tells the story of an ordinary family and how it is affected by the Second World War. Mr Bunting loses his job but is brought back when war breaks out due to the shortage of workers. Both his sons join up and one is presumed killed but the family later finds out he has been taken prisoner. Their son Chris marries in a bombed out church and his wife gives birth during an air raid. Their youngest daughter Julie goes to work in a factory.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Mr Bunting
    
    Edward Rigby
  - Oskey
    
    Stanley Holloway
  - Corder
    
    George Robey
  - Mrs Bunting
    
    Mabel Constanduros
  - Julie Bunting
    
    Peggy Cummins
  - Evie
    
    Dinah Sheridan
  - Ernest Bunting
    
    Jimmy Hanley
  - Chris Bunting
    
    Eric Micklewood
  - Bert Rollo
    
    Charles Deane
  - Colonel Saunders
    
    Stewart Rome
  - vicar
    
    Ian Fleming
  - Monica
    
    June Willock
  - Turner
    
    David Keir
  - Mr Bickerton
    
    Henry Hallatt
  - Mrs Bickerton
    
    Christine Silver
  - young Brockley
    
    Jonathan Field
  - Mr Eagle
    
    Gordon Begg
  - nurse
    
    Valentine Dunn
  - shop boy
    
    Harry Fowler
  - cast member
    
    Wally Patch
  - Mr Bunting's colleague
    
    Wilfrid Hyde White
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Directed by
    
    Maurice Elvey
  - Production Company
    
    British National Films
  - Produced by
    
    Wallace Orton
  - Production Assistant
    
    Robert Jones
  - Assistant Director
    
    Arthur Barnes
  - Scenario by
    
    Elizabeth Baron
  - Dialogue
    
    Robert Greenwood
  - From the 'Mr. Bunting' novels by
    
    Robert Greenwood
  - Cameraman
    
    James Wilson
  - Operator
    
    Arthur Grant
  - Editor
    
    Jack Harris
  - Assistant [Editor]
    
    Anne C. Poulton
  - Assistant Editor
    
    Boote, Clifford
  - Art Director
    
    Arnold, C. Wilfred
  - Assistant [Art Director]
    
    Richards, Ward H.
  - Wardrobe
    
    Maude Churchill
  - Make-up
    
    George Claff
  - Music
    
    Kennedy Russell
  - Sound Supervisor
    
    King, Harold
  - Recordist
    
    Jim Morris
  - Studio
    
    Rock Studios

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