David Pursall

Birth : 1917-08-19, Warwickshire, England, UK

Death : 1986-09-07

Movies

Black Arrow
Screenplay
In 15th century England, a civil war called Wars of the Roses is being fought between two rival houses who want the throne. Fresh from battle, a knight finds his family dead. He joins the outlaws led by the Black Arrow (Stephan Chase) to seek justice. The noble Black Arrow foils Sir Brackley's (Oliver Reed) plan to kill one ward (Benedict Taylor) and marry the other. This is a classic story by Robert Louis Stevenson turned into film by Disney pictures.
Tomorrow Never Comes
Original Story
Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank discovers that his girlfriend Janie is now working at a new resort hotel where the owner has given her a permanent place to stay, as well as other gifts, in exchange for her affections. The two of them get into a fight and things quickly get out of control and the police are called and in turns into a hostage situation...
Tomorrow Never Comes
Screenplay
Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank discovers that his girlfriend Janie is now working at a new resort hotel where the owner has given her a permanent place to stay, as well as other gifts, in exchange for her affections. The two of them get into a fight and things quickly get out of control and the police are called and in turns into a hostage situation...
Carry On England
Screenplay
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 more interested in each other than the enemy planes above. Captain Melly plans to put a stop to all this, and becomes the target of a campaign to abandon his separatist ideals...
The Southern Star
Screenplay
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 Ursula Andress is visually stunning as the lady in the proceedings. Orson Welles has a small role.
The Blue Max
Writer
A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
The Alphabet Murders
Screenplay
The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.
Murder Ahoy
Screenplay
During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets off to investigate at the ship where he had just come from. The fourth and final film from the Miss Marple series starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.
Murder Most Foul
Screenplay
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.
The Longest Day
Writer
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
Village of Daughters
Story
A salesman from England is picked to select one girl in an Italian town who will become a bride for a native son.
Village of Daughters
Screenplay
A salesman from England is picked to select one girl in an Italian town who will become a bride for a native son.
Murder She Said
Screenplay
Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
The Secret Partner
Screenplay
A shipping tycoon with a record becomes a suspect when money goes missing from the company vault.
Count Five and Die
Writer
Dutch patriots, a U.S. officer and a British spy fool the Nazis with a fake Soho film company.