Writing
Ben Hecht
- Titles
- 124movies1TV 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.
- Historical6.3average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.8average 3.7
- Romance5.7average 3.8
- Wit & Wordplay4.7average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.1average 3.3
- Crime4.2average 3.7
- Politics3.1average 2.6
- Mystery4.4average 4.1
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.5, average 5.3
- Tech & Humanity0.6, average 1.6
- Coming of Age2.0, average 3.0
- Scare1.7, average 2.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Classic Hollywood 12
- Character-Driven 10
- Historical Drama 6
- Political Intrigue 5
- Psychological Thriller 5
- Historical Setting 5
- Film Noir 5
- Moral Ambiguity 5
- Melodrama 4
- Social Commentary 4
- Atmospheric 4
- Love Triangle 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- CCharles MacArthurWriterWuthering Heights, Angels with Dirty Faces, Switching Channels, Twentieth Century, Barbary Coast, +13 more
- LLee GarmesCinematographerScarface, Duel in the Sun, China Girl, Specter of the Rose, Roseanna McCoy, +5 more
Alfred NewmanComposerWuthering Heights, The Black Swan, Gunga Din, China Girl, The Prisoner of Zenda, +5 more
Charles LedererWriterThe Thing from Another World, His Girl Friday, Monkey Business, Kiss of Death, Ride the Pink Horse, +2 more
Howard HawksDirectorThe Thing from Another World, His Girl Friday, Scarface, Monkey Business, Twentieth Century, +1 more
Henry HathawayDirectorNorth to Alaska, Kiss of Death, China Girl, Legend of the Lost, Circus World, +1 more
Dimitri TiomkinComposerThe Thing from Another World, Duel in the Sun, Portrait of Jennie, Angel Face, Circus World
Jennifer JonesActorA Farewell to Arms, Duel in the Sun, Portrait of Jennie, Indiscretion of an American Wife
Lionel StanderActorA Star Is Born, Specter of the Rose, Soak the Rich, Watchtower Over Tomorrow
Lionel BarrymoreActorDuel in the Sun, Rasputin and the Empress, The Unholy Night, Let Freedom Ring
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 · average score 58
58
Actors and Sin (1952)
as Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice)
The Pink Hussar (1950)
Director, Writer
1940s
5 titles · average score 57
Concerning a Woman of Sin (1949)
Writer, Director
Miracle in the Rain (1949)
Director, Writer
The Front Page (1948)
Writer, Director
52
Specter of the Rose (1946)
Director, Writer
62
Angels Over Broadway (1940)
as Man in Night Court (uncredited)
1930s
4 titles · average score 70
Soak the Rich (1936)
Writer, Director
62
The Scoundrel (1935)
as Flop House Bum
Once in a Blue Moon (1935)
Writer, Director
79
Crime Without Passion (1934)
as Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)