Writing
Ben Hecht
- Titles
- 126movies1TV show
- Career
Active from 1926 to 1988, with a break from 1970 to 1985, busiest in 1934 with 8 main titles.
- Directed
- 11titles as director
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
Angels with Dirty Faces90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 72 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.4average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.7average 3.6
- Romance5.6average 3.8
- Wit & Wordplay4.7average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.1average 3.3
- Crime4.3average 3.7
- Politics3.1average 2.6
- Mystery4.5average 4.1
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.4, average 5.2
- Tech & Humanity0.6, average 1.6
- Coming of Age2.0, average 2.9
- Scare1.7, average 2.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Classic Hollywood 12
- Character-Driven 10
- Historical Drama 6
- Moral Ambiguity 5
- Political Intrigue 5
- Film Noir 5
- Historical Setting 5
- Psychological Thriller 5
- Love Triangle 4
- Melodrama 4
- Social Commentary 4
- Atmospheric 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- CCharles MacArthurWriterWuthering Heights, Angels with Dirty Faces, Switching Channels, Rasputin and the Empress, Barbary Coast, +13 more
- LLee GarmesCinematographerScarface, Duel in the Sun, China Girl, Angels Over Broadway, Lydia, +5 more
Alfred NewmanComposerWuthering Heights, The Black Swan, China Girl, The Prisoner of Zenda, Gunga Din, +4 more
Howard HawksWriterHis Girl Friday, Scarface, The Thing from Another World, Monkey Business, Barbary Coast, +2 more
Charles LedererWriterHis Girl Friday, The Thing from Another World, Monkey Business, Kiss of Death, Ride the Pink Horse, +2 more
Henry HathawayDirectorChina Girl, North to Alaska, Circus World, Kiss of Death, Legend of the Lost, +1 more
Dimitri TiomkinComposerThe Thing from Another World, Duel in the Sun, Circus World, Portrait of Jennie, Angel Face
Edward ArnoldActorRasputin and the Empress, Big Jack, The President Vanishes, Let Freedom Ring
Lionel StanderActorA Star Is Born, Specter of the Rose, Soak the Rich, Watchtower Over Tomorrow
Jennifer JonesActorA Farewell to Arms, Duel in the Sun, Portrait of Jennie, Indiscretion of an American Wife
C. Aubrey SmithActorQueen Christina, The Prisoner of Zenda, The Florentine Dagger, Eternally Yours
Joseph CottenActorDuel in the Sun, Portrait of Jennie, September Affair, Lydia
Movies and TV shows
361940s
36 titles · average score 68
61
Big Jack (1949)
Writer
46
Roseanna McCoy (1949)
Writer
Miracle in the Rain (1949)
Director, Writer
50
Love Happy (1949)
Additional Writing
65
The Inspector General (1949)
Additional Writing
68
We Were Strangers (1949)
Additional Writing
Concerning a Woman of Sin (1949)
Writer, Director
62
The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
Screenplay
89
Rope (1948)
Additional Writing
The Front Page (1948)
Writer, Director
72
Kiss of Death (1947)
Screenplay
88
Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
Screenplay
89
Notorious (1946)
Writer
70
Duel in the Sun (1946)
Writer
51
Specter of the Rose (1946)
Director, Writer
84
Gilda (1946)
Additional Writing
76
Spellbound (1945)
Screenplay
63
Cornered (1945)
Writer
54
Watchtower Over Tomorrow (1945)
Screenplay
The Front Page (1945)
Writer
81
Lifeboat (1944)
Writer
66
The Black Swan (1942)
Screenplay
58
China Girl (1942)
Screenplay, Producer
49
Second Chorus (1941)
Writer
56
Lydia (1941)
Screenplay
88
His Girl Friday (1940)
Theatre Play, Screenplay
59
Comrade X (1940)
Screenplay
62
Angels Over Broadway (1940)
as Man in Night Court (uncredited)
91
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Additional Writing
86
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Additional Writing