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[1]
Running time	35 mins
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	10 February (1971-02-10) – 18 March 1971 (1971-03-18)

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 Starky Moore
• Brendon Lunney as Emmett
• Diane Craig as Tessa Doherty
• Peter Gwynne
• Jack Fegan
• Bernadette Hughson as Prostitute
• Stewart Ginn
• Don Crosby
• Chips Rafferty
• Ruth Cracknell
• Graham Rouse
• Tom Farley
• Michael Boddy
• John Armstrong
• Peter Reynolds
• Irene Inescourt
• Slim de Grey

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

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.
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.

External links

• Dead Men Running at IMDb
• Dead Men Running at AustLit