Ben Hecht
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Ben Hecht

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Writing · Born 1894-02-28 · age 70 at death · New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Titles

Titles

Scarface
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8.2

Scarface

Dec 9, 1983
Original Film Writer
Rope
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7.9

Rope

Feb 1, 1948
Additional Writing
Strangers on a Train
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7.7

Strangers on a Train

Jun 27, 1951
Additional Writing
Notorious
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7.7

Notorious

Aug 21, 1946
Writer
Stagecoach
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7.6

Stagecoach

Mar 2, 1939
Additional Writing
Spellbound
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7.4

Spellbound

Nov 8, 1945
Screenplay
His Girl Friday
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7.4

His Girl Friday

Jan 18, 1940
Screenplay, Theatre Play
The Shop Around the Corner
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8.1

The Shop Around the Corner

Jan 12, 1940
Additional Writing
Scarface
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7.4

Scarface

Apr 9, 1932
Screenplay
The Thing from Another World
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6.7

The Thing from Another World

Apr 5, 1951
Writer
Gilda
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7.5

Gilda

Apr 25, 1946
Additional Writing
Lifeboat
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7.4

Lifeboat

Jan 28, 1944
Writer
Foreign Correspondent
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7.0

Foreign Correspondent

Aug 16, 1940
Additional Writing
The Front Page
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7.3

The Front Page

Nov 1, 1974
Theatre Play
Kiss of Death
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5.7

Kiss of Death

Apr 21, 1995
Original Film Writer
Angels with Dirty Faces
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7.5

Angels with Dirty Faces

Nov 26, 1938
Writer
Wuthering Heights
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7.2

Wuthering Heights

Apr 7, 1939
Screenplay
Monkey Business
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6.7

Monkey Business

Sep 3, 1952
Screenplay
The Man with the Golden Arm
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7.1

The Man with the Golden Arm

Dec 26, 1955
Additional Writing
A Star Is Born
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7.2

A Star Is Born

Apr 20, 1937
Writer
Ulysses
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6.6

Ulysses

Oct 6, 1954
Screenplay
Design for Living
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7.1

Design for Living

Dec 29, 1933
Screenplay
Where the Sidewalk Ends
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7.2

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Jul 7, 1950
Screenplay
Duel in the Sun
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6.4

Duel in the Sun

Dec 31, 1946
Writer
Angel Face
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7.1

Angel Face

Jan 2, 1953
Screenplay
Gunga Din
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6.5

Gunga Din

Jan 26, 1939
Story
Kiss of Death
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7.1

Kiss of Death

Aug 27, 1947
Screenplay
Queen Christina
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6.9

Queen Christina

Feb 9, 1934
Writer, Additional Writing
North to Alaska
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6.5

North to Alaska

Nov 7, 1960
Screenplay
Portrait of Jennie
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7.2

Portrait of Jennie

Dec 25, 1948
Writer
Twentieth Century
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6.8

Twentieth Century

May 11, 1934
Screenplay
Nothing Sacred
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6.3

Nothing Sacred

Nov 25, 1937
Screenplay
Whirlpool
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6.4

Whirlpool

Jan 13, 1950
Screenplay
Trapeze
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6.3

Trapeze

May 30, 1956
Writer
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
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7.0

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

Mar 18, 1964
Additional Writing
The Black Swan
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6.5

The Black Swan

Dec 4, 1942
Screenplay
Underworld
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7.0

Underworld

Aug 20, 1927
Story
Circus World
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6.2

Circus World

Jun 25, 1964
Screenplay
The Front Page
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6.5

The Front Page

Apr 4, 1931
Writer
The Indian Fighter
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6.4

The Indian Fighter

Dec 21, 1955
Screenplay
Switching Channels
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6.1

Switching Channels

Mar 5, 1988
Writer
Walk on the Wild Side
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6.6

Walk on the Wild Side

Feb 21, 1962
Writer
Legend of the Lost
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6.1

Legend of the Lost

Dec 17, 1957
Screenplay
Ride the Pink Horse
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7.2

Ride the Pink Horse

Oct 8, 1947
Screenplay
The Prisoner of Zenda
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7.5

The Prisoner of Zenda

Sep 3, 1937
Writer
Love Happy
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5.8

Love Happy

Oct 12, 1949
Additional Writing
A Farewell to Arms
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6.0

A Farewell to Arms

Dec 14, 1957
Screenplay
The Hurricane
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6.7

The Hurricane

Nov 9, 1937
Additional Writing
Indiscretion of an American Wife
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6.0

Indiscretion of an American Wife

Apr 2, 1953
Writer
It's a Wonderful World
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6.5

It's a Wonderful World

May 19, 1939
Screenplay, Story
Queen of Outer Space
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4.7

Queen of Outer Space

Sep 7, 1958
Story
Cornered
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6.2

Cornered

Nov 23, 1945
Writer
Second Chorus
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5.8

Second Chorus

Jan 3, 1941
Writer
Barbary Coast
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6.4

Barbary Coast

Oct 13, 1935
Writer
Tales of Manhattan
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6.4

Tales of Manhattan

Aug 5, 1942
Writer
Living It Up
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6.5

Living It Up

Aug 4, 1954
Theatre Play
Viva Villa!
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6.3

Viva Villa!

Apr 27, 1934
Screenplay
The Secret of Convict Lake
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6.6

The Secret of Convict Lake

Jul 29, 1951
Additional Writing
Angels Over Broadway
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5.9

Angels Over Broadway

Oct 2, 1940
Director, Writer, Producer, Actor
Comrade X
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6.1

Comrade X

Dec 13, 1940
Screenplay