Dead Men Running

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| genre =

| writer = {{Plainlist|

  • Eric Tayler
  • Harold Lander

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| based_on = {{Based on|Dead Men Running|D'arcy Niland}}

| director = Eric Tayler

| starring = {{Plainlist|

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| composer =

| country = Australia

| language = English

| num_episodes = 6

| producer =

| camera = Lloyd Shiels{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46241878 |title=NEVIL SHUTE STORY ON TV |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly |volume=39 |issue=38 |location=Australia, Australia |date=16 February 1972 |accessdate=4 June 2023 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}

| runtime = 35 mins

| channel = ABC

| first_aired = {{Start date|1971|02|10|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1971|03|18|df=y}}

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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."{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=4 February 1971|page= 29|title=Maigret's man sets tone in Australian serial}}

Premise

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

Cast

Production

Filming started in August 1970 in Gulgong, New South Wales.{{cite news|newspaper=The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald|date=30 August 1970|page= 114|title=The box at its best}}

Reception

The Sun Herald said "what a first class piece it turned out to be."{{cite news|first=Valda|last=Marshall|newspaper=The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald|date=21 March 1971|page= 106|title=It's a Happening World}}

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