Dearest Enemy
Dearest Enemy

Information

Release DateNovember 26, 1955
Runtime1h 17m
StatusReleased
ProductionNBC Studios
LanguagesEnglish
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Dearest Enemy

Synopsis

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.

Cast & Crew

Director

Max Liebman
Max Liebman

Featured 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

Cornwallis

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