Writing
Ben Hecht
- Titles
- 127movies1TV 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
65/100
- Highest rated
A Star Is Born84/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 64 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.3average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.7average 3.6
- Romance5.6average 3.8
- Wit & Wordplay4.8average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.1average 3.3
- Politics3.4average 2.6
- Crime4.3average 3.7
- 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
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Classic Hollywood 11
- Character-Driven 8
- Historical Drama 6
- Psychological Thriller 5
- Political Intrigue 5
- Film Noir 4
- Historical Setting 4
- Moral Ambiguity 4
- Femme Fatale 3
- Melodrama 3
- Romantic Comedy 3
- Showbiz 3
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, Gunga Din, China Girl, Ten Gentlemen from West Point, +4 more
Charles LedererWriterHis Girl Friday, Monkey Business, The Thing from Another World, Kiss of Death, Ride the Pink Horse, +2 more
Howard HawksWriterHis Girl Friday, Scarface, Monkey Business, The Thing from Another World, Barbary Coast, +2 more
Henry HathawayDirectorNorth to Alaska, Kiss of Death, China Girl, Circus World, Legend of the Lost, +1 more
Dimitri TiomkinComposerDuel in the Sun, The Thing from Another World, Angel Face, Portrait of Jennie, Circus World
Jennifer JonesActorA Farewell to Arms, Duel in the Sun, Portrait of Jennie, Indiscretion of an American Wife
Lionel BarrymoreActorDuel in the Sun, Rasputin and the Empress, Let Freedom Ring, The Unholy Night
Lionel StanderActorA Star Is Born, Specter of the Rose, Watchtower Over Tomorrow, Soak the Rich
Fredric MarchActorA Star Is Born, Nothing Sacred, Design for Living, The Twentieth Century
C. Aubrey SmithActorQueen Christina, The Prisoner of Zenda, Eternally Yours, The Florentine Dagger
Movies and TV shows
111950s
2 titles
Actors and Sin (1952)
as Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice)
The Pink Hussar (1950)
Director, Writer
1940s
5 titles · average score 56
Miracle in the Rain (1949)
Director, Writer
Concerning a Woman of Sin (1949)
Director, Writer
The Front Page (1948)
Director, Writer
51
Specter of the Rose (1946)
Director, Writer
62
Angels Over Broadway (1940)
as Man in Night Court (uncredited)
1930s
4 titles · average score 61
Soak the Rich (1936)
Director, Producer
61
The Scoundrel (1935)
as Flop House Bum
Once in a Blue Moon (1935)
Director, Producer
Crime Without Passion (1934)
as Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)