Dearest Enemy

Story

Synopsis

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

Max Liebman

Writers

Herbert Fields, Neil Simon, Lorenz Hart

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

26 November 1955

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Anne Jeffreys

  Betsy Winthrop

• 

  Robert Sterling

  John Copeland

• 

  Cornelia Otis Skinner

  Mrs. Murray

• 

  Cyril Ritchard

  Gen. Howe

• Donald Burr

  Cornwallis

• Don Driver

  Courier

• Lelia Martin

  Amanda

• Wynne Miller

  Clara

• Elaine Spaulding

  Adele

• Greta Gray

  Florence

• Byron Halstead

  Gen. Tryon

• Lewis Brooks

  Gen. Clinton