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Movie
Beloved Enemy
Synopsis
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
- Brian Aherne
- David Niven
- Karen Morley
- Theodore von Eltz
- Jerome Cowan
- John Burton
- Leyland Hodgson
- Ra Hould
- David Torrence
- Henry Stephenson
- Donald Crisp
- Ronald Sinclair
- Wyndham Standing
- Robert Strange
- Lionel Pape
- Granville Bates
- P.J. Kelly
- Leo McCabe
- Patrick J. Kelly
- Pat O'Malley
- Jack Mulhall
- Claude King
- Don 'Red' Barry
- Wally Maher
- Rose Franken
- Sherman Todd
- Gregg Toland
- John L. Balderston
- Richard Day
- David Hertz
- Omar Kiam