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David Pursall. Writer: The Longest Day. David spent his early life in Erdington (England), the son of an accountant; he was always interested in writing and had two murder mystery novels published by the time he was sixteen.
- Writer, Script And Continuity Department
- August 19, 1917
- David Pursall
- September 7, 1986
David Pursall. Writer: The Longest Day. David spent his early life in Erdington (England), the son of an accountant; he was always interested in writing and had two murder mystery novels published by the time he was sixteen.
- August 19, 1917
- September 7, 1986
David Pursall is known as an Screenplay, Writer, Original Story, Script Consultant, and Story. Some of his work includes The Longest Day, Murder She Said, Murder Most Foul, Murder Ahoy, The Blue Max, The Alphabet Murders, Carry On England, and The Secret Partner.
David Pursall. Writer: The Longest Day. David spent his early life in Erdington (England), the son of an accountant; he was always interested in writing and had two murder mystery novels published by the time he was sixteen.
Continuing later as a freelance film and TV scriptwriter, David worked mainly on war and murder mystery themes; his last movie made for TV was Black Arrow in 1985, a 15th century historical war drama.
The screenplay was written by David Pursall, Jack Seddon, and Gerald Hanley, based on the novel of the same name by Jack D. Hunter as adapted by Ben Barzman and Basilio Franchina. In contrast to films that romanticize the flying aces of the Great War, The Blue Max depicts the protagonist as a
David Pursall (19 August 1917 - 7 September 1986) was an English screenwriter. Together with Jack Seddon he wrote the screenplays of three of the four films in which Margaret Rutherford portrayed Miss Marple.
