Ben Hecht
Writing
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.
Known for
Writing113
movieKiss of Death
1995
Original Film Writer
movieScarface
1983
Original Film Writer
movieThe Front Page
1974
Theatre Play
movieCircus World
1964
Screenplay
movieBilly Rose's Jumbo
1962
Theatre Play
movieNorth to Alaska
1960
Screenplay
movieThe Fiend Who Walked the West
1958
Adaptation
movieLegend of the Lost
1957
Screenplay
movieA Farewell to Arms
1957
Screenplay
movieThe Iron Petticoat
1956
Screenplay
movieTrapeze
1956
Writer
movieMiracle in the Rain
1956
Novel, Screenplay
movieThe Indian Fighter
1955
Screenplay
movieUlysses
1954
Screenplay
movieLiving It Up
1954
Theatre Play
movieAngel Face
1953
Screenplay
movieMonkey Business
1952
Screenplay
movieActors and Sin
1952
Writer
movieThe Murder Club
1950
Writer
movieEdge of Doom
1950
Writer
movieWhere the Sidewalk Ends
1950
Screenplay
movieThe Pink Hussar
1950
Writer
moviePerfect Strangers
1950
Theatre Play
movieWhirlpool
1950
Screenplay
movieRoseanna McCoy
1949
Writer
movieBig Jack
1949
Writer
movieThe Front Page
1948
Writer
movieThe Miracle of the Bells
1948
Screenplay
movieRide the Pink Horse
1947
Screenplay
movieKiss of Death
1947
Screenplay
movieDuel in the Sun
1946
Writer
movieNotorious
1946
Writer
movieCornered
1945
Writer
movieThe Front Page
1945
Writer
movieSpellbound
1945
Screenplay
movieWatchtower Over Tomorrow
1945
Screenplay
movieLifeboat
1944
Writer
movieChina Girl
1942
Screenplay
movieThe Black Swan
1942
Screenplay
movieLydia
1941
Screenplay
movieSecond Chorus
1941
Writer
movieComrade X
1940
Screenplay
movieHis Girl Friday
1940
Theatre Play, Screenplay
movieEternally Yours
1939
Writer
movieLady of the Tropics
1939
Screenplay
movieIt's a Wonderful World
1939
Screenplay, Story
movieSome Like It Hot
1939
Theatre Play, Writer
movieWuthering Heights
1939
Screenplay
movieLet Freedom Ring
1939
Screenplay, Story
movieGunga Din
1939
Story
movieThe Goldwyn Follies
1938
Screenplay, Story
movieNothing Sacred
1937
Screenplay
movieA Star Is Born
1937
Writer
movieSoak the Rich
1936
Writer
movieBarbary Coast
1935
Writer
movieSpring Tonic
1935
Theatre Play
movieCrime Without Passion
1934
Screenplay, Story
movieShoot the Works
1934
Theatre Play, Writer
movieTwentieth Century
1934
Screenplay
movieUpperworld
1934
Story
movieViva Villa!
1934
Screenplay
movieRiptide
1934
Writer
movieQueen Christina
1934
Writer
movieDesign for Living
1933
Screenplay
movieTurn Back the Clock
1933
Screenplay
movieTopaze
1933
Screenplay
movieBack Street
1932
Writer
movieScarface
1932
Screenplay
movieThe Unholy Garden
1931
Story, Dialogue, Screenplay
movieHomicide Squad
1931
Writer
movieQuick Millions
1931
Writer
movieThe Front Page
1931
Writer
movieSi l'empereur savait ça
1930
Original Story
movieUnderworld
1927
Story
Crew13
movie7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964
Additional Writing
movieThe Man with the Golden Arm
1955
Additional Writing
movieThe Secret of Convict Lake
1951
Additional Writing
movieStrangers on a Train
1951
Additional Writing
movieLove Happy
1949
Additional Writing
movieWe Were Strangers
1949
Additional Writing
movieRope
1948
Additional Writing
movieGilda
1946
Additional Writing
movieForeign Correspondent
1940
Additional Writing
movieThe Shop Around the Corner
1940
Additional Writing
movieStagecoach
1939
Additional Writing
movieThe Hurricane
1937
Additional Writing
movieQueen Christina
1934
Additional Writing
Directing11
movieActors and Sin
1952
Director
movieThe Pink Hussar
1950
Director
movieMiracle in the Rain
1949
Director
movieThe Front Page
1948
Director
movieSpecter of the Rose
1946
Director
movieAngels Over Broadway
1940
Director
movieSoak the Rich
1936
Director
movieOnce in a Blue Moon
1935
Director
movieThe Scoundrel
1935
Director
movieCrime Without Passion
1934
Director
Production8
movieActors and Sin
1952
Producer
movieSpecter of the Rose
1946
Producer
movieChina Girl
1942
Producer
movieAngels Over Broadway
1940
Producer
movieSoak the Rich
1936
Producer
movieOnce in a Blue Moon
1935
Producer
movieThe Scoundrel
1935
Producer
movieCrime Without Passion
1934
Producer
Acting5
movieActors and Sin
1952
Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice)
movieAngels Over Broadway
1940
Man in Night Court (uncredited)
movieThe Scoundrel
1935
Flop House Bum
movieCrime Without Passion
1934
Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)