Ben Hecht
Biography
Ben Hecht (February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A successful journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of the most enjoyed screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Hecht, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Acting (5)
Movies (4)
Television (1)
Crew (134)
Movies (134)
Kiss of Death
1995Original Film Writer
Switching Channels
1988Writer
I Hate Actors
1986Novel
Scarface
1983Original Film Writer
The Front Page
1974Theatre Play
Gaily, Gaily
1969Novel
Circus World
1964Screenplay
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964Additional Writing
Billy Rose's Jumbo
1962Theatre Play
Walk on the Wild Side
1962Writer
North to Alaska
1960Screenplay
Queen of Outer Space
1958Story
The Fiend Who Walked the West
1958Adaptation
A Farewell to Arms
1957Screenplay
Legend of the Lost
1957Screenplay
Miracle in the Rain
1956Novel
Trapeze
1956Writer
The Iron Petticoat
1956Screenplay
The Indian Fighter
1955Screenplay
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955Additional Writing
Ulysses
1954Screenplay
Living It Up
1954Theatre Play
Indiscretion of an American Wife
1953Writer
Angel Face
1953Screenplay
Monkey Business
1952Screenplay
Actors and Sin
1952Director
Strangers on a Train
1951Additional Writing
The Thing from Another World
1951Writer
The Secret of Convict Lake
1951Additional Writing
The Murder Club
1950Writer
Miracle in the Rain
1950Author
Whirlpool
1950Screenplay
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950Screenplay
Edge of Doom
1950Writer
Perfect Strangers
1950Theatre Play
September Affair
1950Writer
The Pink Hussar
1950Director
Concerning a Woman of Sin
1949Writer
The Inspector General
1949Additional Writing
Big Jack
1949Writer
Roseanna McCoy
1949Writer
We Were Strangers
1949Additional Writing
Miracle in the Rain
1949Writer
Love Happy
1949Additional Writing
The Twentieth Century
1949Writer
Rope
1948Additional Writing
The Front Page
1948Writer
The Miracle of the Bells
1948Screenplay
Portrait of Jennie
1948Writer
Kiss of Death
1947Screenplay
Her Husband's Affairs
1947Writer
Ride the Pink Horse
1947Screenplay
Gilda
1946Additional Writing
Notorious
1946Writer
Duel in the Sun
1946Writer
Specter of the Rose
1946Director
The Front Page
1945Writer
Spellbound
1945Screenplay
Cornered
1945Writer
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
1945Screenplay
Lifeboat
1944Writer
The Black Swan
1942Screenplay
China Girl
1942Producer
China Girl
1942Screenplay
Tales of Manhattan
1942Writer
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942Writer
Second Chorus
1941Writer
Lydia
1941Screenplay
Foreign Correspondent
1940Additional Writing
The Shop Around the Corner
1940Additional Writing
His Girl Friday
1940Screenplay
His Girl Friday
1940Theatre Play
Comrade X
1940Screenplay
I Take This Woman
1940Writer
Angels Over Broadway
1940Writer
Wuthering Heights
1939Screenplay
Stagecoach
1939Additional Writing
Gunga Din
1939Story
Eternally Yours
1939Writer
Let Freedom Ring
1939Screenplay
Let Freedom Ring
1939Story
It's a Wonderful World
1939Screenplay
It's a Wonderful World
1939Story
Lady of the Tropics
1939Screenplay
Some Like It Hot
1939Theatre Play
Some Like It Hot
1939Writer
The Goldwyn Follies
1938Screenplay
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938Writer
Woman Chases Man
1937Writer
Nothing Sacred
1937Screenplay
The Hurricane
1937Additional Writing
A Star Is Born
1937Writer
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937Writer
King of Gamblers
1937Writer
Soak the Rich
1936Director
Once in a Blue Moon
1935Director
Barbary Coast
1935Writer
The Scoundrel
1935Director
The Scoundrel
1935Producer
The Scoundrel
1935Story
The Florentine Dagger
1935Writer
Spring Tonic
1935Theatre Play
The President Vanishes
1934Writer
Twentieth Century
1934Screenplay
Upperworld
1934Story
Queen Christina
1934Additional Writing
Queen Christina
1934Writer
Viva Villa!
1934Screenplay
Shoot the Works
1934Theatre Play
Riptide
1934Writer
Crime Without Passion
1934Screenplay
Topaze
1933Screenplay
Design for Living
1933Screenplay
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933Story
Turn Back the Clock
1933Screenplay
Scarface
1932Screenplay
The Beast of the City
1932Writer
Rasputin and the Empress
1932Writer
Back Street
1932Writer
Million Dollar Legs
1932Writer
The Front Page
1931Writer
The Unholy Garden
1931Story
Quick Millions
1931Writer
Homicide Squad
1931Writer
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931Writer
Roadhouse Nights
1930Story
Si l'empereur savait ça
1930Original Story
The Green Specter
1930Story
Street of Chance
1930Writer
The Unholy Night
1929Story
The Great Gabbo
1929Story
The Big Noise
1928Story
Underworld
1927Story
The New Klondike
1926Writer
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