Dearest Enemy

Name: Dearest Enemy
Genre: Music, War, TV Movie
Released: 1955
Duration: 77 min
Rating: 10
Cast: Anne Jeffreys, Robert Sterling, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Cyril Ritchard, Donald Burr

1955

1h 17min

10.0

Music

War

TV Movie

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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.

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Who directed Dearest Enemy?

Dearest Enemy was directed by Max Liebman.

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How long is Dearest Enemy?

Dearest Enemy runs for 1h 17min, and was released in 1955.

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