Screenplay: David Pursall
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by David Pursall. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Secret Partner
1961 · Movie · 87 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Basil Dearden
Cast Stewart Granger · Haya Harareet · Bernard Lee · Hugh Burden
Plot John Brent (Granger) has just learned that his wife Nicole (Harareet) has left him. She picked a bad time too because they're supposed to be hosting a company party in...
6.7
163 votes
6.7
163 votes
The Blue Max
1966 · Movie · 156 min. · United States
Direction John Guillermin
Cast George Peppard · James Mason · Ursula Andress · Jeremy Kemp
Plot The tactics of a German fighter pilot offend his aristocratic comrades but win him his country's most honored medal, the Blue Max. The General finds him useful as a hero...
6.5
610 votes
6.5
610 votes
Murder She Said
1961 · Movie · 87 min. · United Kingdom
Direction George Pollock
Cast Margaret Rutherford · Arthur Kennedy · Muriel Pavlow · James Robertson Justice
Plot Miss Marple witnesses a man strangling a woman through the window of a passing train. However, when police cannot turn up any evidence of the homicide, they dismiss the amateur...
6.4
538 votes
6.4
538 votes
Murder Most Foul
1964 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction George Pollock
Cast Margaret Rutherford · Ron Moody · Charles Tingwell · Andrew Cruickshank
6.3
295 votes
6.3
295 votes
Murder Ahoy
1964 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom
Direction George Pollock
Cast Margaret Rutherford · Lionel Jeffries · Charles Tingwell · William Mervyn
6.0
252 votes
6.0
252 votes
The Southern Star
1969 · Movie · 102 min. · France
Direction Sidney Hayers
Cast George Segal · Ursula Andress · Orson Welles · Ian Hendry
Plot Comedy adventure based on a Jules Verne novel about the ups and downs of jewel thieves in the wilds of Africa circa 1900. George Segal is the appealing hero-heel and...
5.4
68 votes
5.4
68 votes
The Alphabet Murders
1965 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Frank Tashlin
Cast Tony Randall · Anita Ekberg · Robert Morley · Maurice Denham
5.0
147 votes
5.0
147 votes
Black Arrow (TV)
1985 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction John Hough
Cast Benedict Taylor · Georgia Slowe · Oliver Reed · Fernando Rey
4.6
91 votes
4.6
91 votes
What Changed Charley Farthing? (El tramposo)
1975 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Sidney Hayers
Cast Hayley Mills · Lionel Jeffries · Doug McClure · Warren Mitchell
Plot Charley Farthing is on the run. Chased by an irate husband with murder on his mind, Charley finds himself hopping on a ship, chased by authorities on a politically turmoiled...
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Kill or Cure
1962 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom
Direction George Pollock
Cast Terry-Thomas · Eric Sykes · Dennis Price · Lionel Jeffries
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Count Five and Die
1957 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Victor Vicas
Cast Jeffrey Hunter · Annemarie Düringer · Nigel Patrick · David Kossoff
Plot American and British counter-espionage combine to convince the Germans the cross-channel invasion will be in the Netherlands instead of France.
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Carry On England
1976 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Gerald Thomas
Cast Kenneth Connor · Windsor Davies · Patrick Mower · Judy Geeson
Plot Captain S. Melly takes over as the new Commanding Officer at an experimental mixed sex air defence base. It's 1940 and England is under heavy bombardment, but the crew seem...
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Village of Daughters
1962 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom
Direction George Pollock
Cast Eric Sykes · Scilla Gabel · Grégoire Aslan · Yvonne Romain
Plot Herbert Harris is a traveling salesman who makes his way into a remote Italian village to sell his wares. There, he finds many single and attractive women who all pursue...
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