Dead Men Running

*Dead Men Running*
Dead Men Running
Based on	Dead Men Running; by D'arcy Niland
Written by	Eric Tayler; Harold Lander;
Directed by	Eric Tayler
Starring	Ewen Solon; Brendon Lunney; Diane Craig; Peter Gwynne;
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of episodes	6
Production
Camera setup	Lloyd Shiels
Running time	35 mins
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	10 February –; 18 March 1971

Dead Men Running is a 1971 Australian mini series based on the final novel by D'Arcy Niland about the effect in Australia of the political troubles in Ireland early in the twentieth century.^[2]

The Age said it was "cast in the mould of My Brother Jack."^[3]

Premise

The adventures of an Irish migrant in an Australian country town in World War One.

Cast

Ewen Solon as Starkey Moore
Brendon Lunney as Emmett
Diane Craig as Tessa Doherty
Stewart Ginn
John Fegan as Martin Walsh
Bernadette Hughson as Prostitute
Peter Gwynne
Peter Reynolds
Irene Inescourt
Michael Boddy
Don Crosby
Moya O’Sullivan
Max Cullen
Graham Rouse
Tom Farley
Harry Lawrence
John Armstrong
Robert McDarra
Chips Rafferty
Ruth Cracknell
Slim de Grey
Doreen Warburton

Production

Filming started in August 1970 in Gulgong, New South Wales.^[4]

Reception

The Sun Herald said "what a first class piece it turned out to be."^[5]

References

^ "NEVIL SHUTE STORY ON TV". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 39, no. 38. Australia, Australia. 16 February 1972. p. 9. Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 141
^ "Maigret's man sets tone in Australian serial". The Age. 4 February 1971. p. 29.
^ "The box at its best". The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald. 30 August 1970. p. 114.
^ Marshall, Valda (21 March 1971). "It's a Happening World". The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald. p. 106.

External links

Dead Men Running at IMDb
Dead Men Running at AustLit

[1] "NEVIL SHUTE STORY ON TV". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 39, no. 38. Australia, Australia. 16 February 1972. p. 9. Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[moran-2] Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 141

[3] "Maigret's man sets tone in Australian serial". The Age. 4 February 1971. p. 29.

[4] "The box at its best". The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald. 30 August 1970. p. 114.

[5] Marshall, Valda (21 March 1971). "It's a Happening World". The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald. p. 106.

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Dead Men Running
Based on	Dead Men Running by D'arcy Niland
Written by	Eric Tayler Harold Lander
Directed by	Eric Tayler
Starring	Ewen Solon Brendon Lunney Diane Craig Peter Gwynne
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of episodes	6
Production
Camera setup	Lloyd Shiels^[1]
Running time	35 mins
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	10 February (1971-02-10) – 18 March 1971 (1971-03-18)