Where to watch Gertrude Purcell in the UK
Find every Gertrude Purcell film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 10 August 2026.
Purcell (who was described by a friend as a "masculine, funny, and hard-drinking woman") worked as a freelancer for much of her career, penning scripts for most of the major studios. During the McCarthy era she became an important informer due to her communist past, but before the process she attempted suicide. She then retired from her cinema career, but lived a decade more.
Gertrude Purcell films streaming in the UK
Most-watched films featuring Gertrude Purcell, available across UK streaming, rent and buy.
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- Destry Rides Again (1939) Screenplay
- Stella Dallas (1937) Adaptation
- In Old California (1942) Screenplay
- The Invisible Woman (1940) Screenplay
- One Night in the Tropics (1940) Screenplay
- Child of Manhattan (1933) Screenplay
- Love Before Breakfast (1936) Writer
- Follow the Boys (1944) Screenplay
- Super-Sleuth (1937) Screenplay
- If You Could Only Cook (1935) Screenplay
- Music for Madame (1937) Screenplay
- The Witness Chair (1936) Screenplay
- The Royal Family of Broadway (1930) Writer
- She Was a Lady (1934) Screenplay
- First Love (1939) Story
- Service de Luxe (1938) Writer
- A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942) Additional Dialogue
- Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941) Screenplay
- The Lady and the Mob (1939) Screenplay
- Ice Capades Revue (1942) Screenplay
- The Human Side (1934) Additional Writing
- Make Way for a Lady (1936) Writer
- Cocktail Hour (1933) Screenplay
- Reckless Age (1944) Screenplay
- Arkansas Judge (1941) Adaptation
- Hitting a New High (1937) Screenplay
- The Sap from Syracuse (1930) Screenplay
- Another Language (1933) Adaptation
- Redheads on Parade (1935) Story
- The Girl Habit (1931) Writer
- Follow the Leader (1930) Screenplay
- Vanity Street (1932) Screenplay
- Palooka (1934) Screenplay
- A Little Bit of Heaven (1940) Screenplay
- Mother Carey's Chickens (1938) Screenplay
- No More Orchids (1932) Screenplay
- The Girl Friend (1935) Screenplay
- Winter Wonderland (1946) Screenplay
- The Night Mayor (1932) Screenplay
- Paris Underground (1945) Screenplay
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Most-watched Gertrude Purcell films currently: Destry Rides Again (1939), Stella Dallas (1937), In Old California (1942), The Invisible Woman (1940), One Night in the Tropics (1940).
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