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

Drama Romance Comedy Crime Thriller

Highlights

Roseanna McCoy

Roseanna McCoy

1949

Big Jack

Big Jack

1949

Portrait of Jennie

Portrait of Jennie

1948

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

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

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