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Dearest Enemy

Music | War

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Release Date

November 26, 1955

Duration

77 min

Status

Released

Language

en

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.

Casts

Anne Jeffreys

Betsy Winthrop

Anne Jeffreys

Robert Sterling

John Copeland

Robert Sterling

Cornelia Otis Skinner

Mrs. Murray

Cornelia Otis Skinner

Cyril Ritchard

Gen. Howe

Cyril Ritchard

Donald Burr

Cornwallis

Donald Burr

Donn Driver

Courier

Donn Driver

Lelia Martin

Amanda

Lelia Martin

Wynne Miller

Clara

Wynne Miller

Elaine Spaulding

Adele

Elaine Spaulding

Greta Gray

Florence

Greta Gray

Byron Halstead

Gen. Tryon

Byron Halstead

Lewis Brooks

Gen. Clinton

Lewis Brooks

Evan Wright

American Soldier

Evan Wright

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