

Ben Hecht
Writer · Actor · DirectorBen 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.
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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR4
DIRECTOR11

Actors and Sin
1952
Director

The Pink Hussar
1950
Director

Miracle in the Rain
1949
Director

Concerning a Woman of Sin
1949
Director

The Front Page
1948
Director

Specter of the Rose
1946
Director

Angels Over Broadway
1940
Director

Soak the Rich
1936
Director

The Scoundrel
1935
Director

Once in a Blue Moon
1935
Director

Crime Without Passion
1934
Director
WRITER113

Kiss of Death
1995
Original Film Writer

Switching Channels
1988
Writer

I Hate Actors
1986
Novel

Scarface
1983
Original Film Writer

The Front Page
1974
Theatre Play

Gaily, Gaily
1969
Novel

Circus World
1964
Screenplay

Billy Rose's Jumbo
1962
Theatre Play

Walk on the Wild Side
1962
Writer

North to Alaska
1960
Screenplay

Queen of Outer Space
1958
Story

The Fiend Who Walked the West
1958
Adaptation

Legend of the Lost
1957
Screenplay

A Farewell to Arms
1957
Screenplay

Trapeze
1956
Writer

The Iron Petticoat
1956
Screenplay

Miracle in the Rain
1956
Novel, Screenplay

The Indian Fighter
1955
Screenplay

Ulysses
1954
Screenplay

Living It Up
1954
Theatre Play

Indiscretion of an American Wife
1953
Writer

Angel Face
1953
Screenplay

Monkey Business
1952
Screenplay

Actors and Sin
1952
Writer

The Thing from Another World
1951
Writer

Edge of Doom
1950
Writer

Whirlpool
1950
Screenplay

Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950
Screenplay

Perfect Strangers
1950
Theatre Play

September Affair
1950
Writer

The Murder Club
1950
Writer

The Pink Hussar
1950
Writer
- Miracle in the Rain
Miracle in the Rain
1950
Author

Roseanna McCoy
1949
Writer

The Twentieth Century
1949
Writer

Big Jack
1949
Writer

Miracle in the Rain
1949
Writer

Concerning a Woman of Sin
1949
Writer

The Miracle of the Bells
1948
Screenplay

Portrait of Jennie
1948
Writer

The Front Page
1948
Writer

Kiss of Death
1947
Screenplay

Ride the Pink Horse
1947
Screenplay

Her Husband's Affairs
1947
Writer

Specter of the Rose
1946
Writer

Notorious
1946
Writer

Duel in the Sun
1946
Writer

Spellbound
1945
Screenplay

Watchtower Over Tomorrow
1945
Screenplay

Cornered
1945
Writer

The Front Page
1945
Writer

Lifeboat
1944
Writer

The Black Swan
1942
Screenplay

China Girl
1942
Screenplay

Tales of Manhattan
1942
Writer

Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
Writer

Lydia
1941
Screenplay

Second Chorus
1941
Writer

His Girl Friday
1940
Theatre Play, Screenplay

Comrade X
1940
Screenplay

Angels Over Broadway
1940
Writer

I Take This Woman
1940
Writer

Wuthering Heights
1939
Screenplay

It's a Wonderful World
1939
Screenplay, Story

Let Freedom Ring
1939
Screenplay, Story

Lady of the Tropics
1939
Screenplay

Gunga Din
1939
Story

Some Like It Hot
1939
Theatre Play, Writer

Eternally Yours
1939
Writer

The Goldwyn Follies
1938
Screenplay, Story

Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
Writer

Nothing Sacred
1937
Screenplay

A Star Is Born
1937
Writer

King of Gamblers
1937
Writer

Woman Chases Man
1937
Writer

The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
Writer

Soak the Rich
1936
Writer

Barbary Coast
1935
Writer

The Scoundrel
1935
Story

The Florentine Dagger
1935
Writer

Spring Tonic
1935
Theatre Play

Once in a Blue Moon
1935
Writer

Twentieth Century
1934
Screenplay

Crime Without Passion
1934
Screenplay, Story

Shoot the Works
1934
Theatre Play, Writer

Upperworld
1934
Story

Viva Villa!
1934
Screenplay

The President Vanishes
1934
Writer

Queen Christina
1934
Writer

Riptide
1934
Writer

Design for Living
1933
Screenplay

Turn Back the Clock
1933
Screenplay

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933
Story

Topaze
1933
Screenplay

Scarface
1932
Screenplay

Million Dollar Legs
1932
Writer

Back Street
1932
Writer

The Beast of the City
1932
Writer

Rasputin and the Empress
1932
Writer

The Front Page
1931
Writer

The Unholy Garden
1931
Story, Dialogue, Screenplay

The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
Writer

Quick Millions
1931
Writer

Homicide Squad
1931
Writer

Street of Chance
1930
Writer

Roadhouse Nights
1930
Story

The Green Specter
1930
Story

Si l'empereur savait ça
1930
Original Story

The Unholy Night
1929
Story

The Great Gabbo
1929
Story

The Big Noise
1928
Story

Underworld
1927
Story

The New Klondike
1926
Writer
PRODUCER8
CREW13

7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964
Additional Writing

The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
Additional Writing

The Secret of Convict Lake
1951
Additional Writing

Strangers on a Train
1951
Additional Writing

We Were Strangers
1949
Additional Writing

Love Happy
1949
Additional Writing

Rope
1948
Additional Writing

Gilda
1946
Additional Writing

Foreign Correspondent
1940
Additional Writing

The Shop Around the Corner
1940
Additional Writing

Stagecoach
1939
Additional Writing

The Hurricane
1937
Additional Writing

Queen Christina
1934
Additional Writing





