Dearest Enemy
Dearest Enemy

Dearest Enemy

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1955
1h 17m
Music
War
TV Movie

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.

Production

NBC Studios

Cast

Anne Jeffreys

Anne Jeffreys

Betsy Winthrop

Robert Sterling

Robert Sterling

John Copeland

Cornelia Otis Skinner

Cornelia Otis Skinner

Mrs. Murray

Cyril Ritchard

Cyril Ritchard

Gen. Howe

Donald Burr

Donald Burr

Cornwallis

Donn Driver

Donn Driver

Courier

Lelia Martin

Lelia Martin

Amanda

Wynne Miller

Wynne Miller

Clara

Elaine Spaulding

Elaine Spaulding

Adele

Greta Gray

Greta Gray

Florence

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