Dearest Enemy (1955)

• Music
• War
• TV Movie

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.

Rating

10 / 10 (1 votes)

Release date

November 26, 1955

Runtime

1h 17m

Language

English

Director

Max Liebman

Status

Released