Dearest Enemy (1955)
Dearest Enemy (1955)
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.

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Cast

Anne Jeffreys Anne Jeffreys As: Betsy Winthrop
Robert Sterling Robert Sterling As: John Copeland
Cornelia Otis Skinner Cornelia Otis Skinner As: Mrs. Murray
Cyril Ritchard Cyril Ritchard As: Gen. Howe
Donald Burr Donald Burr As: Cornwallis
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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.


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Details

Genres: Music, War, TV Movie

Language: English

Release Date: 26 November 1955

Country: US

Runtime: 77m

Company Credits

Company: NBC Studios

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Directed By

Max Liebman

Max Liebman

Director

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Production Crew

Max Liebman

Max Liebman

Producer

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Other Crew

James Starbuck

James Starbuck

Choreographer

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