Dearest Enemy
10.0
1 votes
1955
1h 17m
Music
War
TV Movie
Overview
This live TV adaptation of the Broadway musical "Dearest Enemy" from 1925 is based on an American Revolutionary War incident in September 1776 when Mary Lindley Murray, under orders from General George Washington, detained General William Howe and his British troops by serving them cake, wine and conversation in her Kips Bay, Manhattan home long enough for some 4,000 American soldiers, fleeing their loss in the Battle of Brooklyn, to reassemble in Washington Heights and join reinforcements to make a successful counterattack.
Directed by Max Liebman
Top cast
Anne Jeffreys
Betsy Winthrop
Robert Sterling
John Copeland
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Mrs. Murray
Cyril Ritchard
Gen. HoweD
Donald Burr
CornwallisD
Don Driver
CourierL
Lelia Martin
AmandaW
Wynne Miller
ClaraE
Elaine Spaulding
AdeleG
Greta Gray
FlorenceB
Byron Halstead
Gen. TryonL
Lewis Brooks
Gen. ClintonE
Evan Wright
American SoldierDetails
Status
Released
Release date
November 26, 1955
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English
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