Dearest Enemy
IMDb5.40
19551h 17m
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-billed cast
- LLewis Brooks
- CCyril Ritchard
- GGreta Gray
- RRobert Sterling
- AAnne Jeffreys
- DDonald Burr
- DDon Driver
- LLelia Martin
- CCornelia Otis Skinner
- EEvan Wright
Crew
- Director
- Max Liebman
- Writers
- Lorenz Hart, Herbert Fields, Neil Simon
- Producer
- Max Liebman
- Production
- NBC Studios
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Who directed Dearest Enemy?
Dearest Enemy was directed by Max Liebman.
When was Dearest Enemy released?
Dearest Enemy was released in 1955.
