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 24 September 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
- One Night in the Tropics (1940) Screenplay
- If You Could Only Cook (1935) Screenplay
- The Invisible Woman (1940) Screenplay
- Super-Sleuth (1937) Screenplay
- In Old California (1942) Screenplay
- Stella Dallas (1937) Adaptation
- Follow the Boys (1944) Screenplay
- Hitting a New High (1937) Screenplay
- Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941) Screenplay
- She Was a Lady (1934) Screenplay
- The Lady and the Mob (1939) Screenplay
- Mother Carey's Chickens (1938) Screenplay
- The Girl Habit (1931) Writer
- A Little Bit of Heaven (1940) Screenplay
- First Love (1939) Story
- Music for Madame (1937) Screenplay
- A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942) Additional Dialogue
- Cocktail Hour (1933) Screenplay
- Another Language (1933) Adaptation
- Palooka (1934) Screenplay
- The Royal Family of Broadway (1930) Writer
- The Witness Chair (1936) Screenplay
- Child of Manhattan (1933) Screenplay
- Love Before Breakfast (1936) Writer
- Arkansas Judge (1941) Adaptation
- Make Way for a Lady (1936) Writer
- No More Orchids (1932) Screenplay
- The Sap from Syracuse (1930) Screenplay
- Redheads on Parade (1935) Story
- Ice Capades Revue (1942) Screenplay
- Reckless Age (1944) Screenplay
- Paris Underground (1945) Screenplay
- The Girl Friend (1935) Screenplay
- The Human Side (1934) Additional Writing
- Follow the Leader (1930) Screenplay
- The Night Mayor (1932) Screenplay
- Vanity Street (1932) Screenplay
- Service de Luxe (1938) Writer
- Winter Wonderland (1946) Screenplay
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Most-watched Gertrude Purcell films currently: Destry Rides Again (1939), One Night in the Tropics (1940), If You Could Only Cook (1935), The Invisible Woman (1940), Super-Sleuth (1937).
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