Ben Hecht
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.
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Kiss of Death
writer
1995
Switching Channels
writer
1988
The Front Page
writer
1975
Angels with Dirty Faces
writer
1965
Circus World
writer
1964
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
writer
1964
Cleopatra
writer
1963
Mutiny on the Bounty
writer
1962
Walk on the Wild Side
writer
1962
John Paul Jones
writer
1959
The Gun Runners
writer
1958
A Farewell to Arms
writer
1957
Legend of the Lost
writer
1957
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
writer
1956
Miracle in the Rain
writer
1956
The Iron Petticoat
writer
1956
Trapeze
writer
1956
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
writer
1955
Guys and Dolls
writer
1955
Ulysses
writer
1955
The Indian Fighter
writer
1955
The Man with the Golden Arm
writer
1955
Living It Up
writer
1954
Terminal Station
writer
1953
Angel Face
writer
1953
Monkey Business
writer
1952
Strangers on a Train
writer
1952
Hans Christian Andersen
writer
1952
O. Henry's Full House
writer
1952
Actor's and Sin
director
1952
The Wild Heart
writer
1952
Actor's and Sin
writer
1952
The Thing from Another World
writer
1951
Kiss of Death
writer
1950
Whirlpool
writer
1950
Love Happy
writer
1950
The Inspector General
writer
1950
Where the Sidewalk Ends
writer
1950
Roseanna McCoy
writer
1949
Rope
writer
1948
The Paradine Case
writer
1948
The Miracle of the Bells
writer
1948
Portrait of Jennie
writer
1948
Duel in the Sun
writer
1947
Ride the Pink Horse
writer
1947
Her Husband's Affairs
writer
1947
Dishonored Lady
writer
1947
Notorious
writer
1946
Spellbound
writer
1946
Gilda
writer
1946
Specter of the Rose
writer
1946
Specter of the Rose
director
1946
Lifeboat
writer
1944
Journey into Fear
writer
1943
The Outlaw
writer
1943
China Girl (1942 film)
writer
1942
The Black Swan
writer
1942
Roxie Hart
writer
1942
Tales of Manhattan
writer
1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
writer
1942
Lydia
writer
1941
Second Chorus
writer
1940
His Girl Friday
writer
1940
Foreign Correspondent
writer
1940
The Shop Around the Corner
writer
1940
Angels Over Broadway
writer
1940
Comrade X
writer
1940
Angels Over Broadway
director
1940
I Take This Woman
writer
1940
Gone with the Wind
writer
1939
Wuthering Heights
writer
1939
Stagecoach
writer
1939
Let Freedom Ring
writer
1939
Lady of the Tropics
writer
1939
It's a Wonderful World
writer
1939
At the Circus
writer
1939
The Goldwyn Follies
writer
1938
The Hurricane
writer
1937
Nothing Sacred
writer
1937
King of Gamblers
writer
1937
Soak the Rich
director
1936
Soak the Rich
writer
1936
The Scoundrel
director
1935
Spring Tonic
writer
1935
Barbary Coast
writer
1935
The Scoundrel
writer
1935
Crime Without Passion
director
1934
Viva Villa!
writer
1934
Crime Without Passion
writer
1934
Upper World
writer
1934
Twentieth Century
writer
1934
The President Vanishes
writer
1934
Design for Living
director
1933
Design for Living
writer
1933
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
writer
1933
Queen Christina
writer
1933
Topaze
writer
1933
Scarface
writer
1932
Back Street
writer
1932
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