Ru Pullan Explained

Ru Pullan (1916–1993) was an Australian writer of radio, television, novels, short stories and theatre.^[1] He was one of the leading radio writers in Australia in the 1940s and 1950s.^{[2] [3]} Writing as Luke Hardin, Cass Durand and Lew Rand, he published 50 novels in the western genre between 1962 and 1970. He also wrote romance novels using the pseudonyms Paul Easton and Wynne Barrie.^[4]

Select credits

• Matrimonial Experiment (1947) – radio play^[5]
• Strong is the Seed (1949) – film
• Tjuringa (1950)
• The Storyteller (1951) – collection of stories
• The Strange house of Jeffrey Marlow (1951) – radio serial^[6]
• The Deceiver (1952) – radio serial^[7]
• The Renegade (1953) – radio serial^[8]
• The Imposter (1953) – radio serial^[9]
• The Hunted One (1954-55) - radio serial
• Curly on the Rack (1958) – stage play (and 1960 radio play)
• The Restless Ones (1960) – novel
• Bird with a Medal (1961) – stage play^[10]
• Homicide – TV series
• Shadow on the Wall (1968) – TV play

External links

• Ru Pullan at AustLit
• Ru Pullan at IMDB

Notes and References

1. ABC Weekly. Talkabout. 21 May 1958. 47.
2. News: 15 October 1949 . Script-writers Are Scarce . 16 . . 22,589 . Victoria, Australia . 14 August 2023 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: Rush for show she won't see . . 26 . 5 . Australia, Australia . 9 July 1958 . 14 August 2023 . 31 . National Library of Australia.
4. Web site: Ru Pullan . 2023-08-14 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
5. News: 24 January 1947 . TODAY'S INFORMATION GUIDE . 13 . . 21,741 . Victoria, Australia . 14 August 2023 . National Library of Australia.
6. News: Mystery Drama As New KZ Morning Serial . . 29,880 . Victoria, Australia . 2 February 1951 . 14 August 2023 . 1 (THE AGE RADIO SUPPLEMENT) . National Library of Australia.
7. News: THREE NEW SERIALS STARTING FROM UZ . . 30201 . Victoria, Australia . 14 February 1952 . 14 August 2023 . 15 . National Library of Australia.
8. News: 4 September 1953 . Soundtrack adaptation of Moulin Rouge film . 12 (LATE FINAL EXTRA) . . 13,594 . New South Wales, Australia . 14 August 2023 . National Library of Australia.
9. News: 2 UW NEWS SHEET . . 8 . 87 . New South Wales, Australia . 9 July 1953 . 14 August 2023 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
10. https://archive.org/details/variety-1961-04/page/n69/mode/1up?q=%22ru+pullan%22 review of play