Mrs. Miniver (character) categories respectively. The film grossed $5,358,000 in North America (the highest for any MGM film at the time) and $3,520,000 abroad. In Britain, it was named the top box office attraction of 1942. 555 of the 592 film critics polled by American magazine "Film Daily" named it the best film of 1942. A sequel to "Mrs Miniver", "The Miniver Story" was made by the same studio in 1950 with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon reprising their original roles. The characters were based on those in the original film, but their creator, Jan Struther, did not participate in the sequel. In
Salute John Citizen of the wartime "home front."...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" "; and "TV Guide" noted "a nice little film--a simple telling of a modest family's attempts to cope with ongoing conflict" while in his book "Typical Men: The Representation of Masculinity in Popular British Cinema", Andrew Spicer concluded that the films "popularity was limited by its obviously frugal budget, and uncharismatic central star." Salute John Citizen Salute John Citizen is a 1942 black and white British drama film directed by