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Ben Hecht

1894–1964 · American writer, director, and producer

Ben Hecht was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A 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, including six Academy Award nominations and two wins.

Ben Hecht, in order

  1. 1930 Roadhouse Nights: wrote · directed by Hobart Henley
  2. 1931 Monkey Business: wrote · directed by Norman Z. McLeod
  3. 1931 Quick Millions: wrote · directed by Rowland Brown
  4. 1931 The Homicide Squad: wrote · directed by Edward L. Cahn and George Melford
  5. 1931 The Sin of Madelon Claudet: wrote · directed by Edgar Selwyn
  6. 1931 The Unholy Garden: wrote · directed by George Fitzmaurice
  7. 1932 Back Street: wrote · directed by John M. Stahl
  8. 1932 Rasputin and the Empress: wrote · directed by Charles Brabin and Richard Boleslawski
  9. 1932 Scarface: wrote · directed by Howard Hawks and Richard Rosson · critics 98%, audiences 87% · streaming on Kanopy
  10. 1933 Design for Living: directed, wrote
  11. 1933 Hallelujah, I'm a Bum: wrote · directed by Lewis Milestone
  12. 1933 Queen Christina: wrote · directed by Rouben Mamoulian
  13. 1933 Topaze: wrote · directed by Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
  14. 1934 Crime Without Passion: directed, wrote, produced
  15. 1934 The President Vanishes: wrote · directed by William A. Wellman
  16. 1934 Twentieth Century: wrote · directed by Howard Hawks · critics 86%, audiences 75%
  17. 1934 Upper World: wrote · directed by Roy Del Ruth
  18. 1934 Viva Villa!: wrote · directed by Howard Hawks and Jack Conway · critics 56%, audiences 45%
  19. 1935 Barbary Coast: wrote · directed by Howard Hawks and William Wyler · critics 92%, audiences 50% · streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy, Plex
  20. 1935 Spring Tonic: wrote · directed by Clyde Bruckman
  21. 1935 The Scoundrel: directed, wrote, produced
  22. 1936 Soak the Rich: directed, wrote
  23. 1937 King of Gamblers: wrote · directed by Robert Florey
  24. 1937 Nothing Sacred: wrote · directed by William A. Wellman
  25. 1937 The Hurricane: wrote · directed by John Ford and Stuart Heisler · audiences 66% · streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy, YouTube (free)
  26. 1938 Angels with Dirty Faces: wrote · directed by Michael Curtiz
  27. 1938 The Goldwyn Follies: wrote · directed by George Marshall
  28. 1939 At the Circus: wrote · directed by Edward Buzzell
  29. 1939 Gone with the Wind: wrote · directed by George Cukor and Sam Wood · critics 90%, audiences 92% · streaming on HBO Max, TCM
  30. 1939 It's a Wonderful World: wrote · directed by W. S. Van Dyke
  31. 1939 Lady of the Tropics: wrote · directed by Jack Conway
  32. 1939 Let Freedom Ring: wrote · directed by Jack Conway
  33. 1939 Stagecoach: wrote · directed by John Ford · critics 100%, audiences 86% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, HBO Max
  34. 1939 Wuthering Heights: wrote · directed by William Wyler
  35. 1940 Angels Over Broadway: directed, wrote
  36. 1940 Comrade X: wrote · directed by King Vidor · audiences 56%
  37. 1940 Foreign Correspondent: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 95%, audiences 81% · streaming on HBO Max, Roku Channel, Hoopla
  38. 1940 His Girl Friday: wrote · directed by Howard Hawks · critics 99%, audiences 90% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Roku Channel
  39. 1940 I Take This Woman: wrote · directed by Frank Borzage and Josef von Sternberg
  40. 1940 Second Chorus: wrote · directed by H. C. Potter
  41. 1940 The Shop Around the Corner: wrote · directed by Ernst Lubitsch
  42. 1941 Lydia: wrote · directed by Julien Duvivier
  43. 1941 The Mad Doctor: wrote · directed by Tim Whelan
  44. 1942 China Girl (1942 film): wrote, produced · directed by Henry Hathaway
  45. 1942 Roxie Hart: wrote · directed by William A. Wellman · critics 82%, audiences 60%
  46. 1942 Tales of Manhattan: wrote · directed by Julien Duvivier · audiences 75%
  47. 1942 Ten Gentlemen from West Point: wrote · directed by Henry Hathaway
  48. 1942 The Black Swan: wrote · directed by Henry King
  49. 1943 Journey into Fear: wrote · directed by Norman Foster and Orson Welles
  50. 1943 The Outlaw: wrote · directed by Howard Hawks and Howard Hughes · critics 71%, audiences 31% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
  51. 1944 Lifeboat: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 90%, audiences 87% · streaming on Hoopla
  52. 1945 Spellbound: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 86%, audiences 82%
  53. 1946 Duel in the Sun: wrote · directed by King Vidor · critics 78%, audiences 55%
  54. 1946 Gilda: wrote · directed by Charles Vidor
  55. 1946 Notorious: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 96%, audiences 91% · streaming on Plex, Fawesome
  56. 1946 Specter of the Rose: directed, wrote, produced
  57. 1947 Dishonored Lady: wrote · directed by Hunt Stromberg and Jack Chertok
  58. 1947 Her Husband's Affairs: wrote · directed by S. Sylvan Simon
  59. 1947 Kiss of Death: wrote · directed by Henry Hathaway
  60. 1947 Ride the Pink Horse: wrote · directed by Robert Montgomery
  61. 1947 The Paradine Case: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 71%, audiences 50% · streaming on Fawesome
  62. 1948 Portrait of Jennie: wrote · directed by William Dieterle
  63. 1948 Rope: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 93%, audiences 90%
  64. 1948 The Miracle of the Bells: wrote · directed by Irving Pichel
  65. 1949 Roseanna McCoy: wrote · directed by Irving Reis and Nicholas Ray · audiences 20% · streaming on Kanopy, Plex, Fawesome
  66. 1950 Love Happy: wrote · directed by David Miller and Leo McCarey
  67. 1950 The Inspector General: wrote · directed by Henry Koster
  68. 1950 Where the Sidewalk Ends: wrote · directed by Otto Preminger · critics 100%, audiences 86% · streaming on Plex
  69. 1950 Whirlpool: wrote · directed by Otto Preminger
  70. 1951 Strangers on a Train: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 98%, audiences 92% · streaming on Kanopy, Plex, Tubi
  71. 1951 The Thing from Another World: wrote · directed by Christian Nyby and Howard Hawks · critics 87%, audiences 73% · streaming on Roku Channel, TCM, Fawesome
  72. 1952 Actor's and Sin: directed, wrote, produced
  73. 1952 Hans Christian Andersen: wrote · directed by Charles Vidor · critics 83%, audiences 75% · streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
  74. 1952 Monkey Business: wrote · directed by Howard Hawks · critics 71%, audiences 67% · streaming on Hoopla
  75. 1952 O. Henry's Full House: wrote · directed by Henry Hathaway and Henry King · audiences 68%
  76. 1952 The Wild Heart: wrote · directed by Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell
  77. 1953 Angel Face: wrote · directed by Otto Preminger
  78. 1953 Terminal Station: wrote · directed by Vittorio De Sica
  79. 1954 Living It Up: wrote · directed by Norman Taurog
  80. 1954 Ulysses: wrote · directed by Mario Bava and Mario Camerini
  81. 1955 Guys and Dolls: wrote · directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  82. 1955 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell: wrote · directed by Otto Preminger
  83. 1955 The Indian Fighter: wrote · directed by André de Toth
  84. 1955 The Man with the Golden Arm: wrote · directed by Otto Preminger
  85. 1956 Miracle in the Rain: wrote · directed by Rudolph Maté
  86. 1956 The Hunchback of Notre Dame: wrote · directed by Jean Delannoy
  87. 1956 The Iron Petticoat: wrote · directed by Ralph Thomas
  88. 1956 Trapeze: wrote · directed by Carol Reed
  89. 1957 A Farewell to Arms: wrote · directed by Andrew Marton and Charles Vidor
  90. 1957 Legend of the Lost: wrote · directed by Henry Hathaway
  91. 1958 The Gun Runners: wrote · directed by Don Siegel
  92. 1959 John Paul Jones: wrote · directed by John Farrow
  93. 1962 Mutiny on the Bounty: wrote · directed by Carol Reed and Lewis Milestone
  94. 1962 Walk on the Wild Side: wrote · directed by Edward Dmytryk · critics 60%, audiences 60% · streaming on fuboTV
  95. 1963 Cleopatra: wrote · directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  96. 1964 7 Faces of Dr. Lao: wrote · directed by George Pal
  97. 1964 Circus World: wrote · directed by Henry Hathaway
  98. 1974 The Front Page: wrote · directed by Billy Wilder · critics 61%, audiences 74% · streaming on Prime Video
  99. 1987 Switching Channels: wrote · directed by Ted Kotcheff
  100. 1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind: acted · directed by David Hinton · audiences 93%
  101. 1995 Kiss of Death: wrote · directed by Barbet Schroeder · critics 66%, audiences 38%
  102. Once in a Blue Moon: directed