Dearest Enemy

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.

  • Release Date: 1955-11-26
  • Runtime: 1h 17min
  • Director: Max Liebman

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Cast

  • Anne Jeffreys

    Betsy Winthrop

  • Robert Sterling

    John Copeland

  • Cornelia Otis Skinner

    Mrs. Murray

  • Cyril Ritchard

    Gen. Howe

  • Donald Burr

    Cornwallis

  • Donn Driver

    Courier

  • Lelia Martin

    Amanda

  • Wynne Miller

    Clara

  • Elaine Spaulding

    Adele

  • Greta Gray

    Florence

  • Byron Halstead

    Gen. Tryon

  • Lewis Brooks

    Gen. Clinton

  • Evan Wright

    American Soldier

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