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Dearest Enemy

Dearest Enemy (1955)

1h 17m | PG-13

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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.

Director: Max Liebman

Studio: NBC Studios

Genre: Music, War, TV Movie

Video: 720p

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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

Donn Driver

Donn Driver

as Courier