Ben Hecht
Writing • AGE 70
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 book...
Filmography
Kiss of Death
Original Film Writer
1995
Switching Channels
Writer
1988
I Hate Actors
Novel
1986
Scarface
Original Film Writer
1983
The Front Page
Theatre Play
1974
Gaily, Gaily
Novel
1969
Circus World
Screenplay
1964
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Additional Writing
1964
Billy Rose's Jumbo
Theatre Play
1962
Walk on the Wild Side
Writer
1962
North to Alaska
Screenplay
1960
Queen of Outer Space
Story
1958
The Fiend Who Walked the West
Adaptation
1958
Legend of the Lost
Screenplay
1957
A Farewell to Arms
Screenplay
1957
The Iron Petticoat
Screenplay
1956
Trapeze
Writer
1956
Miracle in the Rain
Novel
1956
The Man with the Golden Arm
Additional Writing
1955
The Indian Fighter
Screenplay
1955
Ulysses
Screenplay
1954
Living It Up
Theatre Play
1954
Indiscretion of an American Wife
Writer
1953
Angel Face
Screenplay
1953
Monkey Business
Screenplay
1952
Actors and Sin
Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice)
1952
The Secret of Convict Lake
Additional Writing
1951
Strangers on a Train
Additional Writing
1951
The Thing from Another World
Writer
1951
The Murder Club
Writer
1950
September Affair
Writer
1950
Edge of Doom
Writer
1950
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Screenplay
1950
The Pink Hussar
Director
1950
Perfect Strangers
Theatre Play
1950
Whirlpool
Screenplay
1950
The Inspector General
Additional Writing
1949
Love Happy
Additional Writing
1949
Roseanna McCoy
Writer
1949
The Twentieth Century
Writer
1949
We Were Strangers
Additional Writing
1949
Big Jack
Writer
1949
Concerning a Woman of Sin
Writer
1949
Miracle in the Rain
Writer
1949
Portrait of Jennie
Writer
1948
The Front Page
Director
1948
The Miracle of the Bells
Screenplay
1948
Rope
Additional Writing
1948
Her Husband's Affairs
Writer
1947
Ride the Pink Horse
Screenplay
1947
Kiss of Death
Screenplay
1947
Duel in the Sun
Writer
1946
Notorious
Writer
1946
Specter of the Rose
Director
1946
Gilda
Additional Writing
1946
Cornered
Writer
1945
The Front Page
Writer
1945
Spellbound
Screenplay
1945
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
Screenplay
1945
Lifeboat
Writer
1944
China Girl
Screenplay
1942
The Black Swan
Screenplay
1942
Tales of Manhattan
Writer
1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Writer
1942
Lydia
Screenplay
1941
Second Chorus
Writer
1941
Comrade X
Screenplay
1940
Angels Over Broadway
Man in Night Court (uncredited)
1940
Foreign Correspondent
Additional Writing
1940
I Take This Woman
Writer
1940
His Girl Friday
Theatre Play
1940
The Shop Around the Corner
Additional Writing
1940
Eternally Yours
Writer
1939
Lady of the Tropics
Screenplay
1939
It's a Wonderful World
Screenplay
1939
Some Like It Hot
Theatre Play
1939
Wuthering Heights
Screenplay
1939
Stagecoach
Additional Writing
1939
Let Freedom Ring
Screenplay
1939
Gunga Din
Story
1939
Angels with Dirty Faces
Writer
1938
The Goldwyn Follies
Story
1938
Nothing Sacred
Screenplay
1937
The Hurricane
Additional Writing
1937
The Prisoner of Zenda
Writer
1937
Woman Chases Man
Writer
1937
King of Gamblers
Writer
1937
A Star Is Born
Writer
1937
Soak the Rich
Director
1936
Barbary Coast
Writer
1935
Spring Tonic
Theatre Play
1935
Once in a Blue Moon
Director
1935
The Scoundrel
Flop House Bum
1935
The Florentine Dagger
Writer
1935
The President Vanishes
Writer
1934
Crime Without Passion
Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)
1934
Shoot the Works
Theatre Play
1934
Twentieth Century
Screenplay
1934
Upperworld
Story
1934
Viva Villa!
Screenplay
1934
Riptide
Writer
1934
Queen Christina
Additional Writing
1934
Design for Living
Screenplay
1933
Turn Back the Clock
Screenplay
1933
Topaze
Screenplay
1933
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Story
1933
Rasputin and the Empress
Writer
1932
Back Street
Writer
1932
Million Dollar Legs
Writer
1932
Scarface
Screenplay
1932
The Beast of the City
Writer
1932
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Writer
1931
The Unholy Garden
Story
1931
Homicide Squad
Writer
1931
Quick Millions
Writer
1931
The Front Page
Writer
1931
Si l'empereur savait ça
Original Story
1930
The Green Specter
Story
1930
Roadhouse Nights
Story
1930
Street of Chance
Writer
1930
The Unholy Night
Story
1929
The Great Gabbo
Story
1929
The Big Noise
Story
1928
Underworld
Story
1927
The New Klondike
Writer
1926