Dearest Enemy
Movie - 77mins
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.
Cast:
Elaine
Spaulding
Greta
Gray
Byron
Halstead
Lewis
Brooks
Evan
Wright
Anne
Jeffreys
Robert
Sterling
Cornelia
Otis
Cyril
Ritchard
Donald
Burr
Donn
Driver
Lelia
Martin
Wynne
Miller
Elaine
Spaulding
Greta
Gray
Byron
Halstead
Lewis
Brooks
Evan
Wright
Anne
Jeffreys
Robert
Sterling
Cornelia
Otis
Cyril
Ritchard
Donald
Burr