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.
Year
1955
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
26 November 1955
TMDB
10.0 (1)
CineVerse
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Ratings
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Anne Jeffreys
Betsy Winthrop
Robert Sterling
John Copeland
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Mrs. Murray
Cyril Ritchard
Gen. Howe
D
Donald Burr
Cornwallis
D
Don Driver
Courier
L
Lelia Martin
Amanda
W
Wynne Miller
Clara
E
Elaine Spaulding
Adele
G
Greta Gray
Florence
B
Byron Halstead
Gen. Tryon
L
Lewis Brooks
Gen. Clinton
E
Evan Wright
American Soldier
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