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Dearest Enemy

Rated 10.01 votes19551h 17m

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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Director
Max Liebman
Released
Nov 26, 1955
Status
Released
Country
United States of America
Studio
NBC Studios
Language
English
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