| Beloved Enemy | |
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| Directed by | H. C. Potter |
| Written by | John Balderston Rose Franken William Brown Meloney |
| Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn George Haight |
| Starring | Merle Oberon Brian Aherne David Niven |
| Cinematography | Gregg Toland |
| Edited by | Sherman Todd |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Beloved Enemy is a 1936 Americandrama film directed byH.C. Potter and starringMerle Oberon,Brian Aherne, andDavid Niven. It was loosely based on the life ofMichael Collins.
During theIrish War of Independence in 1921,Irish rebel leader Dennis Riordan (Aherne) andEnglish aristocrat Helen Drummond (Oberon) meet and fall in love. Riordan is pursued, however, by British army officer Captain Preston (Niven).
The original film ended with Riordan getting shot and killed, but did not do well at the box office. A happier ending was also filmed which has Riordan being shot but surviving; all subsequent versions have. The original cut has since been lost.
The movie has severalcomic relief scenes: after a raid on anIRA "safe house", British officers grumble about being not being able to find Riordan, who is in fact standing just behind them; when the Irish Delegation goes to a formal ball and is asked by the footman for their names to be announced, the delegation replies inIrish.
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