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Dearest Enemy

1955
Directed byMax Liebman
1h 17m

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 JeffreysBetsy WinthropRobert SterlingJohn Copeland
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Cornelia Otis Skinner
Mrs. Murray
Cyril RitchardGen. Howe
Donald BurrCornwallis
Don DriverCourier
Lelia MartinAmanda
Wynne MillerClara
Elaine SpauldingAdele
Greta GrayFlorence
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GENRES
MusicWarTV Movie
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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