Dearest Enemy

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Music,

War,

TV Movie

Duration:

77 minutes

Year:

1955

Director:

Max Liebman

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Company:

NBC Studios

Cast:

Betsy Winthrop

John Copeland

Mrs. Murray

Gen. Howe

Cornwallis

Crew:

Musical

Lyricist

Adaptation

Conductor

Choreographer