Maureen O'Hara O'Hara beat Lauren Bacall to the role as she was busy with other engagements. Though the film was critically acclaimed, Crowther of "The New York Times" felt that the characters of O'Hara and the daughter could have been made "more humorous and spirited than they are". The following year, O'Hara appeared in the CBS television film, "Mrs. Miniver", but despite some critics approving her performance, most thought that the remake was ill-timed and that she could not top Greer Garson's performance in the 1942 Oscar-winning film. In 1961, O'Hara portrayed Kit Tilden in the western "The Deadly Companions", Sam Peckinpah's
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