
Release Date
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Original Release
November 26, 1955
1h 17m
Dearest Enemy (1955)
β 10.077 min
Overview
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
Department: Directing
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Cast

Anne Jeffreys
Betsy Winthrop
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Robert Sterling
John Copeland
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Cornelia Otis Skinner
Mrs. Murray
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Cyril Ritchard
Gen. Howe
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Donald Burr
Cornwallis
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Don Driver
Courier
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Lelia Martin
Amanda
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Wynne Miller
Clara
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Elaine Spaulding
Adele
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Greta Gray
Florence
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MusicWarTV Movie
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