Ben Hecht
WritingBen 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.
Known For
Filmography — Acting
Filmography — Crew
Wuthering Heights
Screenplay
Scarface
Screenplay
Notorious
Writer
His Girl Friday
Screenplay
Lifeboat
Writer
Spellbound
Screenplay
Duel in the Sun
Writer
Ulysses
Screenplay
The Black Swan
Screenplay
North to Alaska
Screenplay
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Screenplay
The Thing from Another World
Writer
It's a Wonderful World
Screenplay
Trapeze
Writer
Walk on the Wild Side
Writer
Monkey Business
Screenplay
Angel Face
Screenplay
Kiss of Death
Screenplay
A Star Is Born
Writer
Queen Christina
Writer
A Farewell to Arms
Screenplay
Nothing Sacred
Screenplay
Angels with Dirty Faces
Writer
Legend of the Lost
Screenplay
Design for Living
Screenplay
The Prisoner of Zenda
Writer
Whirlpool
Screenplay
The Miracle of the Bells
Screenplay
Twentieth Century
Screenplay
Circus World
Screenplay
The Indian Fighter
Screenplay
China Girl
Producer
Rasputin and the Empress
Writer
Switching Channels
Writer
Cornered
Writer
Ride the Pink Horse
Screenplay
The Scoundrel
Director
The Front Page
Writer
Edge of Doom
Writer
Million Dollar Legs
Writer
Portrait of Jennie
Writer
Tales of Manhattan
Writer
Viva Villa!
Screenplay
The Iron Petticoat
Screenplay
Angels Over Broadway
Writer
Eternally Yours
Writer
Comrade X
Screenplay
Lydia
Screenplay
The Beast of the City
Writer
September Affair
Writer
Roseanna McCoy
Writer
Indiscretion of an American Wife
Writer
Barbary Coast
Writer
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Writer
Lady of the Tropics
Screenplay
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Writer
Back Street
Writer
Big Jack
Writer
Miracle in the Rain
Screenplay
Riptide
Writer
Street of Chance
Writer
Second Chorus
Writer
Shoot the Works
Writer
Quick Millions
Writer
Specter of the Rose
Director
The Florentine Dagger
Writer
The Goldwyn Follies
Screenplay
Turn Back the Clock
Screenplay
I Take This Woman
Writer
The Unholy Garden
Screenplay
Actors and Sin
Director
Her Husband's Affairs
Writer
Crime Without Passion
Screenplay
The President Vanishes
Writer
Woman Chases Man
Writer
Soak the Rich
Producer
Topaze
Screenplay
Let Freedom Ring
Screenplay
Once in a Blue Moon
Writer
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
Screenplay
Some Like It Hot
Writer
Homicide Squad
Writer
The New Klondike
Writer
Concerning a Woman of Sin
Director
King of Gamblers
Writer
The Twentieth Century
Writer
The Murder Club
Writer
The Front Page
Writer
Miracle in the Rain
Director
The Front Page
Director
The Pink Hussar
Director