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Dearest Enemy (1955)

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.

  • Music
  • War
  • TV Movie

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Anne JeffreysAnne JeffreysBetsy Winthrop
  • Photo of Robert SterlingRobert SterlingJohn Copeland
  • Photo of Cornelia Otis SkinnerCornelia Otis SkinnerMrs. Murray
  • Photo of Cyril RitchardCyril RitchardGen. Howe
  • Photo of Donald BurrDonald BurrCornwallis
  • Photo of Donn DriverDonn DriverCourier
  • Photo of Lelia MartinLelia MartinAmanda
  • Photo of Wynne MillerWynne MillerClara
  • Photo of Elaine SpauldingElaine SpauldingAdele
  • Photo of Greta GrayGreta GrayFlorence

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