
Ben Hecht
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- February 28, 1894
- Died
- April 18, 1964 (aged 70)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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
Filmography

Kiss of Death
Movie · Original Film Writer

Switching Channels
Movie · Writer

I Hate Actors
Movie · Novel

Scarface
Movie · Original Film Writer

The Front Page
Movie · Theatre Play

Gaily, Gaily
Movie · Novel

Circus World
Movie · Screenplay

Billy Rose's Jumbo
Movie · Theatre Play

Walk on the Wild Side
Movie · Writer

North to Alaska
Movie · Screenplay

Queen of Outer Space
Movie · Story

The Fiend Who Walked the West
Movie · Adaptation

Legend of the Lost
Movie · Screenplay

A Farewell to Arms
Movie · Screenplay

Trapeze
Movie · Writer

The Iron Petticoat
Movie · Screenplay

Miracle in the Rain
Movie · Novel, Screenplay

The Indian Fighter
Movie · Screenplay

Ulysses
Movie · Screenplay

Living It Up
Movie · Theatre Play

Indiscretion of an American Wife
Movie · Writer

Angel Face
Movie · Screenplay

Monkey Business
Movie · Screenplay

Actors and Sin
Movie · Writer

The Thing from Another World
Movie · Writer

Edge of Doom
Movie · Writer

Whirlpool
Movie · Screenplay

Where the Sidewalk Ends
Movie · Screenplay

Perfect Strangers
Movie · Theatre Play

September Affair
Movie · Writer

The Murder Club
Movie · Writer

The Pink Hussar
Movie · Writer
Miracle in the Rain
Movie · Author

Roseanna McCoy
Movie · Writer

The Twentieth Century
Movie · Writer

Big Jack
Movie · Writer

Miracle in the Rain
Movie · Writer

Concerning a Woman of Sin
Movie · Writer

The Miracle of the Bells
Movie · Screenplay

Portrait of Jennie
Movie · Writer

The Front Page
Movie · Writer

Kiss of Death
Movie · Screenplay

Ride the Pink Horse
Movie · Screenplay

Her Husband's Affairs
Movie · Writer

Specter of the Rose
Movie · Writer

Notorious
Movie · Writer

Duel in the Sun
Movie · Writer

Spellbound
Movie · Screenplay

Watchtower Over Tomorrow
Movie · Screenplay

Cornered
Movie · Writer

The Front Page
Movie · Writer

Lifeboat
Movie · Writer

The Black Swan
Movie · Screenplay

China Girl
Movie · Screenplay

Tales of Manhattan
Movie · Writer

Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Movie · Writer

Lydia
Movie · Screenplay

Second Chorus
Movie · Writer

His Girl Friday
Movie · Theatre Play, Screenplay

Comrade X
Movie · Screenplay

Angels Over Broadway
Movie · Writer

I Take This Woman
Movie · Writer

Wuthering Heights
Movie · Screenplay

It's a Wonderful World
Movie · Screenplay, Story

Let Freedom Ring
Movie · Screenplay, Story

Lady of the Tropics
Movie · Screenplay

Gunga Din
Movie · Story

Some Like It Hot
Movie · Theatre Play, Writer

Eternally Yours
Movie · Writer

Gone with the Wind
Movie · Screenplay

The Goldwyn Follies
Movie · Screenplay, Story

Angels with Dirty Faces
Movie · Writer

Nothing Sacred
Movie · Screenplay

A Star Is Born
Movie · Writer

King of Gamblers
Movie · Writer

Woman Chases Man
Movie · Writer

The Prisoner of Zenda
Movie · Writer

Soak the Rich
Movie · Writer

Barbary Coast
Movie · Writer

The Scoundrel
Movie · Story

The Florentine Dagger
Movie · Writer

Spring Tonic
Movie · Theatre Play

Once in a Blue Moon
Movie · Writer

Twentieth Century
Movie · Screenplay

Crime Without Passion
Movie · Screenplay, Story

Shoot the Works
Movie · Theatre Play, Writer

Upperworld
Movie · Story

Viva Villa!
Movie · Screenplay

The President Vanishes
Movie · Writer

Queen Christina
Movie · Writer

Riptide
Movie · Writer

Design for Living
Movie · Screenplay

Turn Back the Clock
Movie · Screenplay

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Movie · Story

Topaze
Movie · Screenplay

Scarface
Movie · Screenplay

Million Dollar Legs
Movie · Writer

Back Street
Movie · Writer

The Beast of the City
Movie · Writer

Rasputin and the Empress
Movie · Writer

The Front Page
Movie · Writer

The Unholy Garden
Movie · Story, Dialogue, Screenplay

The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Movie · Writer

Quick Millions
Movie · Writer

Homicide Squad
Movie · Writer

Street of Chance
Movie · Writer

Roadhouse Nights
Movie · Story

The Green Specter
Movie · Story

Si l'empereur savait ça
Movie · Original Story

The Great Gabbo
Movie · Story

The Unholy Night
Movie · Short Story

The Big Noise
Movie · Story

Underworld
Movie · Story

The New Klondike
Movie · Writer



