
Ben Hecht
Writer
Born: February 28, 1894 (70 years old)
Died: April 18, 1964
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Filmography (99)
- The Front Page (1974, ★ 7.3)
- Scarface (1932, ★ 7.4)
- Spellbound (1945, ★ 7.4)
- Wuthering Heights (1939, ★ 7.2)
- His Girl Friday (1940, ★ 7.4)
- Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950, ★ 7.2)
- Ride the Pink Horse (1947, ★ 7.2)
- Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933, ★ 7.4)
- Scarface (1983, ★ 8.2)
- Notorious (1946, ★ 7.7)
- Gilda (1946, ★ 7.5)
- The Shop Around the Corner (1940, ★ 8.1)
- Lifeboat (1944, ★ 7.4)
- Rope (1948, ★ 7.9)
- Stagecoach (1939, ★ 7.6)
- The Man with the Golden Arm (1955, ★ 7.2)
- A Star Is Born (1937, ★ 7.2)
- Some Like It Hot (1939, ★ 7.2)
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1937, ★ 7.4)
- Angels with Dirty Faces (1938, ★ 7.5)
- Portrait of Jennie (1948, ★ 7.2)
- Strangers on a Train (1951, ★ 7.7)
- The Scoundrel (1935, ★ 6.2)
- Kiss of Death (1947, ★ 7.1)
- North to Alaska (1960, ★ 6.5)
- Twentieth Century (1934, ★ 6.8)
- Monkey Business (1952, ★ 6.7)
- Switching Channels (1988, ★ 6.1)
- Trapeze (1956, ★ 6.2)
- Whirlpool (1950, ★ 6.5)