The read
It runs a compact 1h 17m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
TMDB10/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Max LiebmanDirector
Cast
- Anne JeffreysBetsy Winthrop
- Robert SterlingJohn Copeland
- Cornelia Otis SkinnerMrs. Murray
- Cyril RitchardGen. Howe
- Donald BurrCornwallis
- Don DriverCourier
- Lelia MartinAmanda
- Wynne MillerClara
- Elaine SpauldingAdele
- Greta GrayFlorence
- Byron HalsteadGen. Tryon
- Lewis BrooksGen. Clinton
Stills
Themes
musicalbased on play or musicallive broadcastamerican revolutionrevolutionary war