Beloved Enemy

1937

Beloved Enemy (1937)

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This lavishly appointed Sam Goldwyn soap opera is set in Ireland during "the troubles." Irish rebel leader Dennis Reardon (Brian Aherne) falls in love with Lady Helen Drummond (Merle Oberon), the aristocratic daughter of British diplomat Lord Athleigh (Henry Stephenson). Reardon's underground associates, not so romantically inclined, assume that their leader has sold out to the enemy, when in fact he is working tirelessly for an honorable and equitable end to the hostilities. His best friend O'Rourke (Jerome Cowan) is given the job of assassinating Reardon, leading to a tragic climax more suited to an Italian opera than an Irish political meller. Beloved Enemy was very loosely based on the exploits of Irish patriot Michael Collins, who of course was the subject of the far more accurate 1996 biopic starring Liam Neeson and Julia Roberts.

Cast

Merle Oberon
as Helen Drummond
Brian Aherne
as Dennis Riordan
David Niven
as Capt. Gerald Preston
Karen Morley
as Cathleen O'Brien
Theodore von Eltz
as O'Brian
Jerome Cowan
as O'Rourke
John Burton
as Hall
Ra Hould
as Jerry
Leyland Hodgson
as Hawkins
David Torrence
as Alroyd
Henry Stephenson
as Lord Athleigh
Donald Crisp
as Burke
Ronald Sinclair
as Jerry
Wyndham Standing
as Thornton
Robert Strange
as Perrins
Lionel Pape
as Crump
Granville Bates
as Ryan
P.J. Kelly
as Rooney
Leo McCabe
as Connor
Patrick J. Kelly
as Rooney
Pat O'Malley
as Callahan
Jack Mulhall
as Casey
Claude King
as Col. Loder
Don 'Red' Barry
as Mike - I.R.A. Patriot (uncredited)
Wally Maher
as Humphries
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