Ben Hecht
Known for: Writing
Born: February 28, 1894
Died: April 18, 1964
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
124 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
5.7
Kiss of Death
1995
6.1
Switching Channels
1988
5.4
I Hate Actors
1986
8.2
Scarface
1983
7.3
The Front Page
1974
4.3
Gaily, Gaily
1969
6.2
Circus World
1964
6.9
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964
6.0
Billy Rose's Jumbo
1962
6.6
Walk on the Wild Side
1962
6.5
North to Alaska
1960
4.9
Queen of Outer Space
1958
6.4
The Fiend Who Walked the West
1958
6.2
Legend of the Lost
1957
6.0
A Farewell to Arms
19577.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
5.8
The Iron Petticoat
1956
6.3
Trapeze
1956
6.9
Miracle in the Rain
1956
7.1
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
6.3
The Indian Fighter
1955
6.5
Ulysses
1954
6.5
Living It Up
1954
5.9
Indiscretion of an American Wife
1953
7.1
Angel Face
1953
6.7
Monkey Business
1952
6.3
Actors and Sin
1952
6.6
The Secret of Convict Lake
1951
6.7
The Thing from Another World
1951
NR
The Murder Club
1950
6.0
September Affair
1950
6.1
Edge of Doom
1950
7.2
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950NR
Miracle in the Rain
1950
NR
The Pink Hussar
1950
6.0
Perfect Strangers
1950
6.4
Whirlpool
1950
5.8
Love Happy
1949
6.1
Roseanna McCoy
1949
NR
The Twentieth Century
1949
6.3
We Were Strangers
1949
7.3
Big Jack
1949
10.0
Concerning a Woman of Sin
1949
NR
Miracle in the Rain
1949
7.2
Portrait of Jennie
1948
NR
The Front Page
1948
6.2
The Miracle of the Bells
1948
7.9
Rope
1948
5.6
Her Husband's Affairs
1947
7.2
Ride the Pink Horse
1947
7.1
Kiss of Death
1947
6.4
Duel in the Sun
1946
7.7
Notorious
1946
4.8
Specter of the Rose
1946
7.5
Gilda
1946
6.2
Cornered
1945
NR
The Front Page
1945
7.4
Spellbound
1945
5.4
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
1945
7.4
Lifeboat
1944
5.4
China Girl
1942
6.5
The Black Swan
1942
6.4
Tales of Manhattan
1942
6.4
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
6.5
Lydia
1941
5.8
Second Chorus
1941
6.1
Comrade X
1940
5.9
Angels Over Broadway
1940
7.0
Foreign Correspondent
1940
5.8
I Take This Woman
1940
7.4
His Girl Friday
1940
8.1
The Shop Around the Corner
1940
5.9
Eternally Yours
1939
6.5
Lady of the Tropics
1939
6.5
It's a Wonderful World
1939
7.6
Some Like It Hot
1939
7.2
Wuthering Heights
1939
7.6
Stagecoach
1939
6.8
Let Freedom Ring
1939
6.5
Gunga Din
1939
7.5
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
5.2
The Goldwyn Follies
1938
6.3
Nothing Sacred
1937
6.7
The Hurricane
1937
7.5
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
5.9
Woman Chases Man
1937
7.5
King of Gamblers
1937
7.2
A Star Is Born
1937
8.0
Soak the Rich
1936
6.4
Barbary Coast
1935
6.5
Spring Tonic
1935
9.0
Once in a Blue Moon
1935
6.3
The Scoundrel
1935
6.8
The Florentine Dagger
1935
6.0
The President Vanishes
1934
5.9
Crime Without Passion
1934
6.7
Shoot the Works
1934
6.8
Twentieth Century
1934
6.1
Upperworld
1934
6.2
Viva Villa!
1934
6.7
Riptide
1934
6.9
Queen Christina
1934
7.1
Design for Living
1933
5.4
Turn Back the Clock
1933
6.0
Topaze
1933
7.6
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933
5.5
Rasputin and the Empress
1932
6.4
Back Street
1932
6.8
Million Dollar Legs
1932
7.4
Scarface
1932
5.9
The Beast of the City
1932
5.9
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
6.8
The Unholy Garden
1931
8.0
Homicide Squad
1931
7.3
Quick Millions
1931
6.5
The Front Page
1931
10.0
Si l'empereur savait ça
1930
9.0
The Green Specter
1930
6.0
Roadhouse Nights
1930
6.8
Street of Chance
1930
5.7
The Unholy Night
1929
5.7
The Great Gabbo
1929
7.0
The Big Noise
1928
7.0
Underworld
1927
6.0
The New Klondike
1926