Ben Hecht

Writer

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.

Born: February 28, 1894 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: April 18, 1964 (Age 70)

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Ben Hecht Movies & TV Credits

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Angels Over Broadway Movie	6.3	Actor	Man in Night Court (uncredited)	1940
Crime Without Passion Movie	6.9	Actor	Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)	1934
The Scoundrel Movie	6	Actor	Flop House Bum	1935
Actors and Sin Movie	5.1	Actor	Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice)	1952
The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar TV Show	8.1	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1957-1962
7 Faces of Dr. Lao Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	7	Crew	Additional Writing	1964
A Farewell to Arms Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	5.6	Writing	Screenplay	1957
A Star Is Born Movie Available on 20 streaming services.	7.5	Writing	Writer	1937
Actors and Sin Movie	5.1	Directing	Director, Writer, Producer	1952
Angel Face Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.3	Writing	Screenplay	1953
Angels Over Broadway Movie	6.3	Directing	Director, Writer, Producer	1940
Angels with Dirty Faces Movie	8	Writing	Writer	1938
Back Street Movie	6.8	Writing	Writer	1932
Barbary Coast Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	6.6	Writing	Writer	1935
Big Jack Movie	6	Writing	Writer	1949
Billy Rose's Jumbo Movie Available on 10 streaming services.	5.9	Writing	Theatre Play	1962
China Girl Movie	6	Writing	Screenplay, Producer	1942
Circus World Movie	6.3	Writing	Screenplay	1964
Comrade X Movie	6.3	Writing	Screenplay	1940
Cornered Movie	6.4	Writing	Writer	1945
Crime Without Passion Movie	6.9	Directing	Director, Screenplay, Producer, Story	1934
Design for Living Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.3	Writing	Screenplay	1933
Duel in the Sun Movie	6.5	Writing	Writer	1946
Edge of Doom Movie	6.2	Writing	Writer	1950
Eternally Yours Movie	5.5	Writing	Writer	1939
Foreign Correspondent Movie Available on 12 streaming services.	7.5	Crew	Additional Writing	1940
Gaily, Gaily Movie	5.1	Writing	Novel	1969
Gilda Movie Available on 15 streaming services.	7.8	Crew	Additional Writing	1946
Gunga Din Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	7	Writing	Story	1939
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum Movie	6.7	Writing	Story	1933
Her Husband's Affairs Movie	5.8	Writing	Writer	1947
His Girl Friday Movie Available on 29 streaming services.	7.9	Writing	Screenplay, Theatre Play	1940
I Hate Actors Movie	5.5	Writing	Novel	1986
I Take This Woman Movie	6.1	Writing	Writer	1940
Indiscretion of an American Wife Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6	Writing	Writer	1953
It's a Wonderful World Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	6.7	Writing	Screenplay, Story	1939
Kiss of Death Movie	5.7	Writing	Original Film Writer	1995
Kiss of Death Movie	7.3	Writing	Screenplay	1947
Lady of the Tropics Movie	5.9	Writing	Screenplay	1939
Legend of the Lost Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.3	Writing	Screenplay	1957
Let Freedom Ring Movie	6.1	Writing	Screenplay, Story	1939
Lifeboat Movie Available on 12 streaming services.	7.7	Writing	Writer	1944
Living It Up Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	6.4	Writing	Theatre Play	1954
Love Happy Movie	5.9	Crew	Additional Writing	1949
Lydia Movie	6.2	Writing	Screenplay	1941
Million Dollar Legs Movie	6.6	Writing	Writer	1932
Miracle in the Rain Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	6.9	Writing	Screenplay, Novel	1956
Monkey Business Movie Available on 13 streaming services.	6.8	Writing	Screenplay	1952
North to Alaska Movie Available on 13 streaming services.	7	Writing	Screenplay	1960
Nothing Sacred Movie Available on 15 streaming services.	6.7	Writing	Screenplay	1937
Notorious Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	8	Writing	Writer	1946
Perfect Strangers Movie	5.9	Writing	Theatre Play	1950
Portrait of Jennie Movie	7.5	Writing	Writer	1948
Queen Christina Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	7.4	Writing	Writer, Additional Writing	1933
Queen of Outer Space Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	4.8	Writing	Story	1958
Quick Millions Movie	6.1	Writing	Writer	1931
Rasputin and the Empress Movie	6.3	Writing	Writer	1932
Ride the Pink Horse Movie	7.3	Writing	Screenplay	1947
Riptide Movie	6.1	Writing	Writer	1934
Roadhouse Nights Movie	5.3	Writing	Story	1930
Rope Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	8	Crew	Additional Writing	1948
Roseanna McCoy Movie	5.5	Writing	Writer	1949
Scarface Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	8.4	Writing	Original Film Writer	1983
Scarface Movie Available on 13 streaming services.	7.8	Writing	Screenplay	1932
Second Chorus Movie Available on 11 streaming services.	5.8	Writing	Writer	1941
September Affair Movie	6.5	Writing	Writer	1950
Some Like It Hot Movie	6.4	Writing	Theatre Play, Writer	1939
Specter of the Rose Movie	5.6	Directing	Director, Producer, Writer	1946
Spellbound Movie	7.6	Writing	Screenplay	1945
Stagecoach Movie Available on 19 streaming services.	7.9	Crew	Additional Writing	1939
Street of Chance Movie	6.2	Writing	Writer	1930
Switching Channels Movie Available on 9 streaming services.	6.1	Writing	Writer	1988
Tales of Manhattan Movie	7.1	Writing	Writer	1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point Movie	5.8	Writing	Writer	1942
The Beast of the City Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.5	Writing	Writer	1932
The Black Swan Movie Available on 13 streaming services.	6.6	Writing	Screenplay	1942
The Fiend Who Walked The West Movie	6.2	Writing	Adaptation	1958
The Florentine Dagger Movie	5.7	Writing	Writer	1935
The Front Page Movie Available on 11 streaming services.	6.6	Writing	Writer	1931
The Front Page Movie	7.4	Writing	Theatre Play	1974
The Goldwyn Follies Movie	5.1	Writing	Screenplay, Story	1938
The Great Gabbo Movie	5.8	Writing	Story	1929
The Hurricane Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.9	Crew	Additional Writing	1937
The Indian Fighter Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	6.4	Writing	Screenplay	1955
The Inspector General Movie Available on 17 streaming services.	6.5	Crew	Additional Writing	1949
The Iron Petticoat Movie	4.9	Writing	Screenplay	1956
The Man with the Golden Arm Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	7.4	Crew	Additional Writing	1955
The Miracle of the Bells Movie	6.4	Writing	Screenplay	1948
The President Vanishes Movie	5.8	Writing	Writer	1934
The Prisoner of Zenda Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	7.5	Writing	Writer	1937
The Scoundrel Movie	6	Directing	Director, Story, Producer	1935
The Secret of Convict Lake Movie	6.7	Crew	Additional Writing	1951
The Shop Around the Corner Movie Available on 9 streaming services.	8.2	Crew	Additional Writing	1940
The Sin of Madelon Claudet Movie	6.4	Writing	Writer	1931
The Unholy Garden Movie	5.6	Writing	Dialogue, Story	1931
The Unholy Night Movie	5.5	Writing	Story	1929
Topaze Movie	6.5	Writing	Screenplay	1933
Trapeze Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	6.6	Writing	Writer	1956
Turn Back the Clock Movie	6.6	Writing	Screenplay	1933
Twentieth Century Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	7.1	Writing	Screenplay	1934
Ulysses Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	6.4	Writing	Screenplay	1954
Underworld Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.3	Writing	Story	1927
Upperworld Movie	6.3	Writing	Story	1934
Viva Villa! Movie	6.1	Writing	Screenplay	1934
Walk on the Wild Side Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.6	Writing	Writer	1962
We Were Strangers Movie	6.4	Crew	Additional Writing	1949
Where the Sidewalk Ends Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	7.7	Writing	Screenplay	1950
Whirlpool Movie	6.5	Writing	Screenplay	1950
Woman Chases Man Movie	6.3	Writing	Writer	1937
Wuthering Heights Movie Available on 11 streaming services.	7.6	Writing	Screenplay	1939
Shoot the Works Movie	6.6	Writing	Theatre Play, Writer	1934
The Big Noise Movie	6.5	Writing	Story	1928
The New Klondike Movie	5.3	Writing	Writer	1926
Homicide Squad Movie	7.4	Writing	Writer	1931
King of Gamblers Movie	5.8	Writing	Writer	1937
Soak the Rich Movie	6.3	Directing	Director, Producer, Writer	1936
Spring Tonic Movie	6	Writing	Theatre Play	1935
The Green Specter Movie	8.4	Writing	Story	1930
If the Emperor Only Knew That Movie		Writing	Original Story	1930
Once in a Blue Moon Movie	4.8	Directing	Director, Producer, Writer	1935
Miracle in the Rain Movie	7.3	Writing	Author
The Twentieth Century Movie		Writing	Writer	1949
The Murder Club Movie		Writing	Writer	1950
Concerning a Woman of Sin Movie		Directing	Writer, Director	1949
The Front Page Movie		Writing	Writer	1950
Miracle in the Rain Movie		Directing	Director, Writer	1949
The Pink Hussar Movie		Directing	Director, Writer	1950
Watchtower Over Tomorrow Short Film	5.8	Writing	Screenplay	1945
The Front Page Movie		Directing	Director, Writer	1948
The Front Page Movie	7.8	Writing	Writer	1945
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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