Ben Hecht
Known for: Writing
Born: February 27, 1894 in New York City, New York, USA - Died: April 17, 1964
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 the Wikipedia article Ben Hecht, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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The Scoundrel
Flop House Bum
Angels Over Broadway
Man in Night Court (uncredited)
Crime Without Passion
Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)
Actors and Sin
Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
The Front Page
Theatre Play
Scarface
Screenplay
Spellbound
Screenplay
Wuthering Heights
Screenplay
His Girl Friday
Theatre Play
Kiss of Death
Screenplay
North to Alaska
Screenplay
Twentieth Century
Screenplay
Monkey Business
Screenplay
Switching Channels
Writer
Comrade X
Screenplay
Trapeze
Writer
The Iron Petticoat
Screenplay
Edge of Doom
Writer
Whirlpool
Screenplay
The Black Swan
Screenplay
Underworld
Story
Queen of Outer Space
Story
The Front Page
Writer