Writing
Ben Hecht
EN, FR, IT cinema · 125 credits
Born
28 February 1894
Died
18 April 1964 (aged 70)
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.
Known for
Filmography
Kiss of Death
Original Film Writer
Scarface
Original Film Writer
The Front Page
Theatre Play
Circus World
Screenplay
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Additional Writing
Billy Rose's Jumbo
Theatre Play
North to Alaska
Screenplay
Legend of the Lost
Screenplay
A Farewell to Arms
Screenplay
Trapeze
Writer
The Iron Petticoat
Screenplay
Miracle in the Rain
Novel, Screenplay
The Indian Fighter
Screenplay
The Man with the Golden Arm
Additional Writing
Ulysses
Screenplay
Living It Up
Theatre Play
Angel Face
Screenplay
Actors and Sin
as Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice), Director, Producer, Writer
Monkey Business
Screenplay
The Secret of Convict Lake
Additional Writing
Edge of Doom
Writer
Whirlpool
Screenplay
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Screenplay
Perfect Strangers
Theatre Play
The Pink Hussar
Writer, Director
We Were Strangers
Additional Writing
Love Happy
Additional Writing
Miracle in the Rain
Director, Writer
Big Jack
Writer
Concerning a Woman of Sin
Writer, Director
The Miracle of the Bells
Screenplay
Rope
Additional Writing
The Front Page
Writer, Director
Kiss of Death
Screenplay
Ride the Pink Horse
Screenplay
Specter of the Rose
Director, Writer, Producer
Notorious
Writer
Gilda
Additional Writing
Spellbound
Screenplay
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
Screenplay
Cornered
Writer
Lifeboat
Writer
The Black Swan
Screenplay
China Girl
Producer, Screenplay
Lydia
Screenplay
Angels Over Broadway
as Man in Night Court (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer
His Girl Friday
Theatre Play, Screenplay
Comrade X
Screenplay
Foreign Correspondent
Additional Writing
The Shop Around the Corner
Additional Writing
Wuthering Heights
Screenplay
It's a Wonderful World
Screenplay, Story
Let Freedom Ring
Story, Screenplay
Lady of the Tropics
Screenplay
Stagecoach
Additional Writing
Some Like It Hot
Theatre Play, Writer
Gone with the Wind
Screenplay
The Goldwyn Follies
Screenplay, Story
Nothing Sacred
Screenplay
The Hurricane
Additional Writing
Soak the Rich
Director, Writer, Producer
The Scoundrel
as Flop House Bum, Director, Producer, Story
Spring Tonic
Theatre Play
Once in a Blue Moon
Director, Writer, Producer
Crime Without Passion
as Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
Twentieth Century
Screenplay
Shoot the Works
Theatre Play, Writer
Viva Villa!
Screenplay
Queen Christina
Additional Writing, Writer
Riptide
Writer
Design for Living
Screenplay
Turn Back the Clock
Screenplay
Topaze
Screenplay
Scarface
Screenplay
Back Street
Writer
The Unholy Garden
Story, Dialogue, Screenplay
Si l'empereur savait ça
Original Story
The Unholy Night
Short Story
