Dearest EnemyMovie
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.
About Dearest Enemy
Dearest Enemy is a 1955 music, war, tv movie movie directed by Max Liebman.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 17m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Anne Jeffreys, Robert Sterling, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Cyril Ritchard. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
