Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht

Writer 65 / Author 6 / Director · 1921 – 1998 · 🎬 66 📖 6 · 🇺🇸 United States

Ben Hecht was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A 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, including six Academy Award nominations and two wins.

All · 72 🎬 Movies · 66 📖 Books · 6

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Highlights

Rediscovering Ben Hecht

Rediscovering Ben Hecht

1998

Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death

1995

Switching Channels

Switching Channels

1988

Frequent Collaborators

Charles MacArthur

Charles MacArthur

15 shared

Howard Hawks

8 shared

Charles Lederer

Charles Lederer

7 shared

Henry Hathaway

6 shared

Abner Biberman

Abner Biberman

5 shared

Jennifer Jones

4 shared

All decades 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s

🎬 Movies

Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death

writer

1995

Switching Channels

Switching Channels

writer

1988

Scarface

Scarface

writer

1983

The Front Page

The Front Page

writer

1974

Gaily, Gaily

Gaily, Gaily

writer

1969

Circus World

Circus World

writer

1964

Walk on the Wild Side

Walk on the Wild Side

writer

1962

North to Alaska

North to Alaska

writer

1960

Queen of Outer Space

Queen of Outer Space

writer

1958

Legend of the Lost

Legend of the Lost

writer

1957

A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms

writer

1957

The Iron Petticoat

The Iron Petticoat

writer

1956

Trapeze

Trapeze

writer

1956

The Indian Fighter

The Indian Fighter

writer

1955

Ulysses

Ulysses

writer

1954

Living It Up

Living It Up

writer

1954

Indiscretion of an American Wife

Indiscretion of an American Wife

writer

1953

Angel Face

Angel Face

writer

1953

Monkey Business

Monkey Business

writer

1952

The Thing from Another World

The Thing from Another World

writer

1951

September Affair

September Affair

writer

1950

Edge of Doom

Edge of Doom

writer

1950

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends

writer

1950

Whirlpool

Whirlpool

writer

1950

Roseanna McCoy

Roseanna McCoy

writer

1949

Big Jack

Big Jack

writer

1949

Portrait of Jennie

Portrait of Jennie

writer

1948

The Miracle of the Bells

The Miracle of the Bells

writer

1948

Ride the Pink Horse

Ride the Pink Horse

writer

1947

Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death

writer

1947

Duel in the Sun

Duel in the Sun

writer

1946

Notorious

Notorious

writer

1946

Cornered

Cornered

writer

1945

Spellbound

Spellbound

writer

1945

Lifeboat

Lifeboat

writer

1944

China Girl

China Girl

writer

1942

The Black Swan

The Black Swan

writer

1942

Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan

writer

1942

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

writer

1942

Lydia

Lydia

writer

1941

Second Chorus

Second Chorus

writer

1941

Comrade X

Comrade X

writer

1940

His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday

writer

1940

Eternally Yours

Eternally Yours

writer

1939

Lady of the Tropics

Lady of the Tropics

writer

1939

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

writer

1939

Gunga Din

Gunga Din

writer

1939

Angels with Dirty Faces

Angels with Dirty Faces

writer

1938

Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred

writer

1937

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

writer

1937

A Star Is Born

writer

1937

Soak the Rich

Soak the Rich

director

1936

Soak the Rich

Soak the Rich

writer

1936

Barbary Coast

Barbary Coast

writer

1935

Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century

writer

1934

Upperworld

Upperworld

writer

1934

Queen Christina

Queen Christina

writer

1934

Design for Living

Design for Living

writer

1933

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

writer

1933

Rasputin and the Empress

Rasputin and the Empress

writer

1932

Back Street

Back Street

writer

1932

Million Dollar Legs

Million Dollar Legs

writer

1932

Scarface

Scarface

writer

1932

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

writer

1931

The Front Page

The Front Page

writer

1931

Underworld

Underworld

writer

1927

📖 Books

Rediscovering Ben Hecht

Rediscovering Ben Hecht

author

1998

Wolf's Complete Book of Terror

Wolf's Complete Book of Terror

author

1979

The sensualists

The sensualists

author

1959

The Florentine dagger

The Florentine dagger

author

1923

1001 [i.e. A thousand and one] afternoons in Chicago

1001 [i.e. A thousand and one] afternoons in Chicago

author

1922

Erik Dorn

Erik Dorn

author

1921

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