π 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.
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
1955-11-26
β Running Time:
77 mins
β Vote Average:
0.0
Beloved Cast
Betsy Winthrop
Anne Jeffreys
John Copeland
Robert Sterling
Mrs. Murray
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Gen. Howe
Cyril Ritchard
Cornwallis
Donald Burr
Courier
Donn Driver
Amanda
Lelia Martin
Clara
Wynne Miller
Adele
Elaine Spaulding
Florence
Greta Gray
Gen. Tryon
Byron Halstead
Gen. Clinton
Lewis Brooks
American Soldier
Evan Wright