
Dearest Enemy (1955)
1h 17m | PG-13
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
Cast

Anne Jeffreys
as Betsy Winthrop

Robert Sterling
as John Copeland

Cornelia Otis Skinner
as Mrs. Murray

Cyril Ritchard
as Gen. Howe

Donald Burr
as Cornwallis

Donn Driver
as Courier