Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht

Born 02/28/1894
New York City, New York, USA

Died 04/18/1964 (70 years old)
New York City, New York, USA

Awards

  • winner
  • nomination

Screenwriter

Movies
1995

Kiss of Death - original screenplay

1992

Notorious (TV movie) - original screenplay

1988

Switching Channels - theater play

1983

Scarface - original screenplay

1982

Spéciale dernière (TV movie) - theater play

1974

The Front Page - theater play

1970

The Front Page (TV movie) - theater play

1967

Casino Royale

 

Spéciale dernière (TV movie) - theater play

Ads

Ads

1964

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

 

Circus World

1963

Cleopatra

1962

Mutiny on the Bounty

 

Walk on the Wild Side

1960

North to Alaska

1959

John Paul Jones

1958

The Fiend Who Walked the West - original screenplay

 

The Gun Runners

1957

A Farewell to Arms

 

Legend of the Lost

1956

Miracle in the Rain

 

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

 

The Iron Petticoat

 

Trapeze

1955

Guys and Dolls

 

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

 

The Indian Fighter

 

The Man with the Golden Arm

1954

Living It Up - theater play

 

Loves and Adventures of Ulysses, The

1953

Angel Face

1952

Actor's and Sin

 

Hans Christian Andersen

 

Monkey Business

 

O. Henry's Full House

 

The Wild Heart

1951

Strangers on a Train

 

The Thing from Another World

1950

Edge of Doom

 

Perfect Strangers - theater play

 

September Affair

 

Where the Sidewalk Ends

1949

Big Jack

 

Love Happy

 

Roseanna McCoy

 

The Inspector General

 

Whirlpool

1948

Cry of the City

 

Portrait of Jennie

 

Rope

 

The Front Page (TV movie) - theater play

 

The Miracle of the Bells

1947

Dishonored Lady

 

Her Husband's Affairs

 

Kiss of Death

 

Ride the Pink Horse

1946

Duel in the Sun

 

Gilda

 

Notorious

 

Specter of the Rose

1945

Cornered

 

Spellbound

 

The Front Page (TV movie) - theater play

1944

Lifeboat

1943

Journey Into Fear

 

The Outlaw

1942

China Girl

 

Roxie Hart

 

Tales of Manhattan

 

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

 

The Black Swan

1941

Lydia

 

The Mad Doctor

1940

Angels Over Broadway

 

Comrade X

 

Foreign Correspondent

 

His Girl Friday - screenplay, theater play

 

I Take This Woman

 

Second Chorus

 

The Shop Around the Corner

1939

Gunga Din

 

It's a Wonderful World

 

Lady of the Tropics

 

Let Freedom Ring

 

Some Like It Hot - theater play

 

Stagecoach

 

Wuthering Heights

1938

Angels with Dirty Faces

 

The Goldwyn Follies

1937

King of Gamblers

 

Nothing Sacred

 

The Hurricane

 

The Prisoner of Zenda

1936

Soak the Rich

1935

Barbary Coast

 

Once in a Blue Moon

 

Spring Tonic - theater play

 

The Florentine Dagger

1934

Crime Without Passion

 

Riptide

 

Shoot the Works - theater play

 

The President Vanishes

 

Twentieth Century - theater play

 

Viva Villa!

1933

Design for Living

 

Queen Christina

 

Topaze

 

Turn Back the Clock

1932

Back Street

 

Million Dollar Legs

 

Rasputin and the Empress

 

Scarface

 

The Beast of the City

1931

Homicide Squad

 

Quick Millions

 

The Front Page

 

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

 

The Unholy Garden

1930

Street of Chance

1927

The American Beauty

 

Underworld

1926

New Klondike, The

Series
1964

Destry

1961

Theatre '62

1955

Ford Star Jubilee - theater play

 

Matinee Theater

1953

Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City

1952

Broadway Television Theatre - theater play

 

The Ford Television Theatre

1949

The Front Page - theater play

1948

The Ford Theatre Hour - theater play

Documentaries
1954

Light's Diamond Jubilee (TV movie)

1945

Watchtower Over Tomorrow

Short
1932

Runt Page - theater play

Author

Movies
1986

I Hate Actors - book

1969

Gaily, Gaily - book

1962

Billy Rose's Jumbo - book

1958

Queen of Outer Space - short story

1956

Miracle in the Rain - book

1934

Crime Without Passion - short story

1931

The Unholy Garden - book

1929

The Great Gabbo - short story

Series
1957

Goodyear Theatre - book

Producer

Director

Actor

Guest

Shows
1958

The Ben Hecht Show - moderator

1957

The Mike Wallace Interview