Dearest Enemy

Dearest Enemy (1955)


  • Genre: Music, War, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1955-11-26
  • Runtime: 1h 17min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: NBC Studios
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Max Liebman

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Summary

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.

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  • 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

  • Donn Driver

    as Courier

  • Lelia Martin

    as Amanda

  • Wynne Miller

    as Clara

  • Elaine Spaulding

    as Adele

  • Greta Gray

    as Florence

  • Byron Halstead

    as Gen. Tryon

  • Lewis Brooks

    as Gen. Clinton

  • Evan Wright

    as American Soldier
Writing Herbert Fields Musical
Writing Lorenz Hart Lyricist
Writing Neil Simon Adaptation
Sound Charles Sanford Conductor
Crew James Starbuck Choreographer
Sound Richard Rodgers Songs
Directing Max Liebman Director
Production Max Liebman Producer

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