Beloved Enemy is a 1936 American drama film directed by H.C. Potter and starring Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, and David Niven.

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 movie has several comic relief scenes: after a raid on an IRA "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 in Irish.