Ben Hecht

Highest Rated: 100% Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

Lowest Rated: 8% A Farewell To Arms (1957)

Birthday: Feb 28, 1894

Birthplace: Not Available

Hecht began writing for films in the late '20s, and over the next four decades worked on scripts for such notable directors as Lewis Milestone (Hallelujah, I'm a Bum), Ernst Lubitsch (Design for Living), Howard Hawks (Barbary Coast, Monkey Business), William A. Wellman (Nothing Sacred), George Stevens (Gunga Din), William Wyler (Wuthering Heights), Alfred Hitchcock (Spellbound, Notorious), Henry Hathaway (Kiss of Death, Circus World), and Otto Preminger (Whirlpool, Where the Sidewalk Ends). In collaboration with Charles MacArthur, Hecht wrote several notable plays, including The Front Page and Twentieth Century; the two also co-wrote and co-directed the films Crime Without Passion, The Scoundrel, Once in a Blue Moon, and Soak the Rich. Lee Garmes lensed and served as associate director on the first two films; he also shot and co-directed with Hecht Angels Over Broadway and Actors and Sin. Hecht also directed the ballet drama Specter of the Rose, and produced or co-produced all the films he directed; he also produced Ten Gentlemen from West Point and China Girl.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
50%	Gaily, Gaily	Screenwriter	—	1969
25%	Casino Royale	Screenwriter	—	1967
50%	Circus World	Screenwriter	—	1964
No Score Yet	The Fiend Who Walked the West	Screenwriter	—	1958
No Score Yet	Legend of the Lost	Screenwriter	—	1957
8%	A Farewell To Arms	Screenwriter	—	1957
No Score Yet	The Iron Petticoat	Screenwriter	—	1957
No Score Yet	Miracle in the Rain	Screenwriter	—	1956
No Score Yet	The Indian Fighter	Screenwriter	—	1955
No Score Yet	Ulysses	Screenwriter	—	1954
85%	Monkey Business	Screenwriter	—	1952
No Score Yet	Actors and Sin	Director Screenwriter Producer	—	1952
No Score Yet	Edge of Doom	Screenwriter	—	1950
100%	Where the Sidewalk Ends	Screenwriter	—	1950
92%	Whirlpool	Screenwriter	—	1949
94%	Rope	Screenwriter	—	1948
No Score Yet	The Miracle of the Bells	Screenwriter	—	1948
No Score Yet	Her Husband's Affairs	Screenwriter	—	1947
88%	Kiss of Death	Screenwriter	—	1947
100%	Ride the Pink Horse	Screenwriter	—	1947
No Score Yet	Specter of the Rose	Director Screenwriter Producer	—	1946
96%	Notorious	Screenwriter	—	1946
85%	Spellbound	Screenwriter	—	1945
83%	The Black Swan	Screenwriter	—	1942
No Score Yet	Tales of Manhattan	Screenwriter	—	1942
No Score Yet	Comrade X	Screenwriter	—	1940
67%	Angels over Broadway	Actor Screenwriter Director Producer	—	1940
No Score Yet	Lady of the Tropics	Screenwriter	—	1939
No Score Yet	It's a Wonderful World	Screenwriter	—	1939
96%	Wuthering Heights	Screenwriter	—	1939
100%	Stagecoach	Screenwriter	—	1939
No Score Yet	Let Freedom Ring	Screenwriter	—	1939
No Score Yet	The Goldwyn Follies	Screenwriter	—	1938
92%	Nothing Sacred	Screenwriter	—	1937
100%	A Star Is Born	Screenwriter	—	1937
92%	Barbary Coast	Screenwriter	—	1935
No Score Yet	The Scoundrel	Screenwriter Director Producer	—	1935
100%	Crime Without Passion	Producer Director Screenwriter Reporter	—	1934
86%	Twentieth Century	Screenwriter	—	1934
60%	Viva Villa!	Screenwriter	—	1934
76%	Design for Living	Screenwriter	—	1933
88%	Hallelujah, I'm a Bum	Screenwriter	—	1933
No Score Yet	Topaze	Screenwriter	—	1933
98%	Scarface	Screenwriter	—	1932
No Score Yet	The Unholy Garden	Screenwriter	—	1931
87%	The Front Page	Screenwriter	—	1931
71%	The Great Gabbo	Screenwriter	—	1929

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	ER 1994-2009	Eddie Bernero	2000 1999

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Ben Hecht

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Filmography

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