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.Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 141
The Age said it was "cast in the mould of My Brother Jack."
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.
Reception The Sun Herald said "what a first class piece it turned out to be."
References
External links Dead Men Running at IMDb Dead Men Running at AustLit