Dead Men Running

Australian TV series or program
  • Eric Tayler
  • Harold Lander
Directed byEric TaylerStarring
  • Ewen Solon
  • Brendon Lunney
  • Diane Craig
  • Peter Gwynne
Country of originAustraliaOriginal languageEnglishNo. of episodes6ProductionCamera setupLloyd Shiels[1]Running time35 minsOriginal releaseNetworkABCRelease10 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