Ben Hecht
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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
Actors and Sin
as Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice)
Angels Over Broadway
as Man in Night Court (uncredited)
The Scoundrel
as Flop House Bum
Crime Without Passion
as Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)
Crew Credits
Kiss of Death
Original Film Writer
Switching Channels
Writer
I Hate Actors
Novel
Scarface
Original Film Writer
The Front Page
Theatre Play
Gaily, Gaily
Novel
Circus World
Screenplay
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Additional Writing
Billy Rose's Jumbo
Theatre Play
Walk on the Wild Side
Writer
North to Alaska
Screenplay
Queen of Outer Space
Story
The Fiend Who Walked the West
Adaptation
Legend of the Lost
Screenplay
A Farewell to Arms
Screenplay
The Iron Petticoat
Screenplay
Trapeze
Writer
Miracle in the Rain
Novel
The Man with the Golden Arm
Additional Writing
The Indian Fighter
Screenplay
Ulysses
Screenplay
Living It Up
Theatre Play
Angel Face
Screenplay
Monkey Business
Screenplay
Actors and Sin
Director
The Secret of Convict Lake
Additional Writing
Strangers on a Train
Additional Writing
The Murder Club
Writer