Dearest Enemy
10.0195577 min
MusicWarTV 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.
Top 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,Don Driver as Courier,Lelia Martin as Amanda,Wynne Miller as Clara
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Production
NBC Studios