
Ben Hecht
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- February 28, 1894
- Died
- April 18, 1964
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography

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

7 Faces of Dr. Lao 1964
Additional Writing

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

The Iron Petticoat 1956
Screenplay

Trapeze 1956
Writer

Miracle in the Rain 1956
Novel, Screenplay

The Man with the Golden Arm 1955
Additional Writing

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
as Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice), Director, Producer, Writer

The Secret of Convict Lake 1951
Additional Writing

The Thing from Another World 1951
Writer

The Murder Club 1950
Writer

September Affair 1950
Writer

Edge of Doom 1950
Writer

Where the Sidewalk Ends 1950
Screenplay
- Miracle in the Rain
Miracle in the Rain 1950
Author

The Pink Hussar 1950
Writer, Director

Perfect Strangers 1950
Theatre Play

Whirlpool 1950
Screenplay

Roseanna McCoy 1949
Writer

Love Happy 1949
Additional Writing

The Twentieth Century 1949
Writer

We Were Strangers 1949
Additional Writing

Big Jack 1949
Writer

Concerning a Woman of Sin 1949
Writer, Director

Miracle in the Rain 1949
Director, Writer

Portrait of Jennie 1948
Writer

The Front Page 1948
Writer, Director

The Miracle of the Bells 1948
Screenplay

Rope 1948
Additional Writing

Her Husband's Affairs 1947
Writer

Ride the Pink Horse 1947
Screenplay

Kiss of Death 1947
Screenplay

Duel in the Sun 1946
Writer

Notorious 1946
Writer

Specter of the Rose 1946
Director, Writer, Producer

Gilda 1946
Additional Writing

Cornered 1945
Writer

The Front Page 1945
Writer

Spellbound 1945
Screenplay

Watchtower Over Tomorrow 1945
Screenplay

Lifeboat 1944
Writer

China Girl 1942
Producer, Screenplay

The Black Swan 1942
Screenplay

Tales of Manhattan 1942
Writer

Ten Gentlemen from West Point 1942
Writer

Lydia 1941
Screenplay

Second Chorus 1941
Writer

Comrade X 1940
Screenplay

Angels Over Broadway 1940
as Man in Night Court (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer

Foreign Correspondent 1940
Additional Writing

I Take This Woman 1940
Writer

His Girl Friday 1940
Theatre Play, Screenplay

The Shop Around the Corner 1940
Additional Writing

Gone with the Wind 1939
Screenplay

Eternally Yours 1939
Writer

Lady of the Tropics 1939
Screenplay

Some Like It Hot 1939
Theatre Play, Writer

It's a Wonderful World 1939
Screenplay, Story

Wuthering Heights 1939
Screenplay

Stagecoach 1939
Additional Writing

Let Freedom Ring 1939
Story, Screenplay

Gunga Din 1939
Story

Angels with Dirty Faces 1938
Writer

The Goldwyn Follies 1938
Screenplay, Story

Nothing Sacred 1937
Screenplay

The Hurricane 1937
Additional Writing

The Prisoner of Zenda 1937
Writer

Woman Chases Man 1937
Writer

King of Gamblers 1937
Writer

A Star Is Born 1937
Writer

Soak the Rich 1936
Director, Writer, Producer

Barbary Coast 1935
Writer

Spring Tonic 1935
Theatre Play

Once in a Blue Moon 1935
Director, Writer, Producer

The Scoundrel 1935
as Flop House Bum, Director, Producer, Story

The Florentine Dagger 1935
Writer

The President Vanishes 1934
Writer

Crime Without Passion 1934
as Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer

Shoot the Works 1934
Theatre Play, Writer

Twentieth Century 1934
Screenplay

Upperworld 1934
Story

Viva Villa! 1934
Screenplay

Riptide 1934
Writer

Queen Christina 1934
Additional Writing, Writer

Design for Living 1933
Screenplay

Turn Back the Clock 1933
Screenplay

Topaze 1933
Screenplay

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum 1933
Story

Rasputin and the Empress 1932
Writer

Back Street 1932
Writer

Million Dollar Legs 1932
Writer

Scarface 1932
Screenplay

The Beast of the City 1932
Writer

The Sin of Madelon Claudet 1931
Writer

The Unholy Garden 1931
Story, Dialogue, Screenplay

Homicide Squad 1931
Writer

Quick Millions 1931
Writer

The Front Page 1931
Writer

Si l'empereur savait ça 1930
Original Story

The Green Specter 1930
Story

Roadhouse Nights 1930
Story

Street of Chance 1930
Writer

The Unholy Night 1929
Short Story

The Great Gabbo 1929
Story

The Big Noise 1928
Story

Underworld 1927
Story

The New Klondike 1926
Writer
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