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Dearest Enemy

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Calorie Rating: 108
Released: 1955-11-26
Running Time: 77 Minutes
Studios: NBC Studios,


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.

Director / Directors

Max Liebman
Director


Cast

Anne Jeffreys
Character: Betsy Winthrop
Robert Sterling
Character: John Copeland
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Character: Mrs. Murray

Cyril Ritchard
Character: Gen. Howe
Donald Burr
Character: Cornwallis
Donn Driver
Character: Courier

Lelia Martin
Character: Amanda
Wynne Miller
Character: Clara
Elaine Spaulding
Character: Adele

Greta Gray
Character: Florence
Byron Halstead
Character: Gen. Tryon
Lewis Brooks
Character: Gen. Clinton

Evan Wright
Character: American Soldier


Production and Crew

Neil Simon
Adaptation

Lorenz Hart
Lyricist
Max Liebman
Producer

James Starbuck
Choreographer