Against the Wind A Matter of Life and Death (Season 1, Episode 10)
TV Episode | Drama, History, Western

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Against the Wind

A Matter of Life and Death (Season 1, Episode 10)

TV Episode | Drama, History, Western

Dinny finds an Aboriginal wife and, as he is a wanted man, has to live rough in the bush with her. Mary gives birth to a son. Dinny is spotted by the military and shot dead.

Director

Simon Wincer

Writer

Tony Morphett (written by)

Producer

Henry Crawford

Composers

Jon English | Mario Millo

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 24, 1978

Release date

Oct 24, 1978 (Australia)

Awards

Series awards

2 wins

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Cast	+ Add Cast
15 cast members

Name	Known for
Jon English Jonathan Garrett Jonathan Garrett See fewer	All Together Now (1991)
Mary Larkin Mary Mulvane / Mary Garrett Mary Mulvane / Mary Garrett See fewer	Wessex Tales (1973)
Warwick Sims Lieutenant Maurice Greville Lieutenant Maurice Greville See fewer	The Man with Two Brains (1983)
Tom Broadbridge Soldier Soldier See fewer	Mad Max (1979)
Roy Edmunds Dragoon Dragoon See fewer	Knowing (2009)
Frank Gallacher Will Price Will Price See fewer	Dark City (1998)
Charles Gilroy Amos Amos See fewer	The Box (1974)
Gerard Kennedy Dinny O'Byrne Dinny O'Byrne See fewer	Division 4 (1969)
Kerry McGuire Polly McNamara Polly McNamara See fewer	Home and Away (1988)
Justine Saunders Ngilgi Ngilgi See fewer	Until the End of the World (1991)
John Stanton Surgeon Surgeon See fewer	Darkness Falls (2003)
Jerry Thomas Sergeant Sergeant See fewer	Sunday Too Far Away (1975)
Nick Waters Sailor / Trooper Andlesack / Dragoon Sailor / Trooper Andlesack / Dragoon See fewer	A Thousand Skies (1985)
Ken Weaver Blacksmith Blacksmith See fewer	Sunday Too Far Away (1975)
Leo Regan Settler (uncredited) Settler (uncredited) See fewer	Compo (1989)