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Bookmark this pageBeloved Enemy (1936)
Director: HC Potter
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From Time Out Film Guide
Sam Goldwyn turned the Irish Troubles of 1921 into the backdrop for a tale of doomed love. Oberon's the daughter of a stuffy English civil servant sent to Dublin, Aherne a fiery rebel leader, but the drawstrings of romance bind them together in this hokey tale of passion, duty, betrayal, etc. First-time director Henry Codman Potter was later to find fame with Hellzapoppin', which gives some idea where his talents lay. Not here, in other words.Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: HC Potter
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Cast: Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Karen Morley, Henry Stephenson, Jerome Cowan, David Niven, Donald Crisp full cast
Duration: 89 mins
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