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Dearest Enemy
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Dearest Enemy

1955-11-26 · 77 min · ★ 10.0

Music · War · TV Movie

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.

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Directors
Max Liebman
Production companies
NBC Studios
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Anne JeffreysAnne JeffreysBetsy Winthrop
Robert SterlingRobert SterlingJohn Copeland
Cornelia Otis SkinnerCornelia Otis SkinnerMrs. Murray
Cyril RitchardCyril RitchardGen. Howe
Donald BurrCornwallis
Don DriverCourier
Lelia MartinAmanda
Wynne MillerClara
Elaine SpauldingAdele
Greta GrayFlorence
Byron HalsteadGen. Tryon
Lewis BrooksGen. Clinton
Evan WrightAmerican Soldier

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