Writing
Ben Hecht
- Titles
- 125movies1TV 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 3.6
- Romance5.7average 3.8
- Wit & Wordplay4.7average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.1average 3.3
- Crime4.2average 3.7
- Politics3.1average 2.6
- Pathos5.5average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.5, 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 12
- Character-Driven 10
- Historical Drama 6
- Moral Ambiguity 5
- Political Intrigue 5
- Film Noir 5
- Psychological Thriller 5
- Historical Setting 5
- Social Commentary 4
- Love Triangle 4
- Melodrama 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, Twentieth Century, +14 more
Alfred NewmanComposerWuthering Heights, The Black Swan, Gunga Din, The Prisoner of Zenda, China Girl, +5 more- LLee GarmesDirectorScarface, Duel in the Sun, China Girl, Specter of the Rose, Angels Over Broadway, +5 more
Howard HawksDirectorHis Girl Friday, Scarface, The Thing from Another World, Monkey Business, Twentieth Century, +2 more
Charles LedererWriterHis Girl Friday, The Thing from Another World, Monkey Business, Kiss of Death, Ride the Pink Horse, +2 more
Henry HathawayDirectorNorth to Alaska, Kiss of Death, China Girl, Ten Gentlemen from West Point, Legend of the Lost, +1 more
Dimitri TiomkinComposerDuel in the Sun, The Thing from Another World, Angel Face, Portrait of Jennie, Circus World
Lionel StanderActorA Star Is Born, Specter of the Rose, Watchtower Over Tomorrow, Soak the Rich
C. Aubrey SmithActorQueen Christina, The Prisoner of Zenda, The Florentine Dagger, Eternally Yours
Jennifer JonesActorDuel in the Sun, A Farewell to Arms, Portrait of Jennie, Indiscretion of an American Wife
Joseph CottenActorDuel in the Sun, Portrait of Jennie, September Affair, Lydia
Edward ArnoldActorRasputin and the Empress, Big Jack, The President Vanishes, Let Freedom Ring
Movies and TV shows
331960s
2 titles · average score 71
80
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
Additional Writing
1950s
7 titles · average score 60
29
A Farewell to Arms (1957)
Screenplay
69
Trapeze (1956)
Writer
57
Ulysses (1954)
Screenplay
62
Living It Up (1954)
Theatre Play
64
The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
Additional Writing
The Front Page (1950)
Writer
1940s
9 titles · average score 67
46
Roseanna McCoy (1949)
Writer
50
Love Happy (1949)
Additional Writing
84
Gilda (1946)
Additional Writing
66
The Black Swan (1942)
Screenplay
49
Second Chorus (1941)
Writer
90
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Additional Writing
1930s
13 titles · average score 68
65
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Screenplay
79
Gunga Din (1939)
Story
63
Lady of the Tropics (1939)
Screenplay
47
Eternally Yours (1939)
Writer
37
The Goldwyn Follies (1938)
Story, Screenplay
81
A Star Is Born (1937)
Writer
75
Nothing Sacred (1937)
Screenplay
76
Barbary Coast (1935)
Writer
58
Viva Villa! (1934)
Screenplay
82
Scarface (1932)
Screenplay
67
The Front Page (1931)
Writer
1920s
2 titles · average score 72
The Big Noise (1928)
Story
72
Underworld (1927)
Story