
Dearest Enemy
Music · War · TV Movie
Overview
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
Anne Jeffreys
Betsy Winthrop
Anne Jeffreys
Betsy Winthrop


Robert Sterling
Robert Sterling
John Copeland
Robert Sterling
John Copeland


Cornelia Otis Skinner
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Mrs. Murray
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Mrs. Murray


Cyril Ritchard
Cyril Ritchard
Gen. Howe
Cyril Ritchard
Gen. Howe
Donald Burr
Donald Burr
Cornwallis
Donald Burr
Cornwallis
Don Driver
Don Driver
Courier
Don Driver
Courier
Lelia Martin
Lelia Martin
Amanda
Lelia Martin
Amanda
Wynne Miller
Wynne Miller
Clara
Wynne Miller
Clara
Elaine Spaulding
Elaine Spaulding
Adele
Elaine Spaulding
Adele
Greta Gray
Greta Gray
Florence
Greta Gray
Florence
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