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
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Recurring tags
- Classic Hollywood 12
- Character-Driven 10
- Historical Drama 6
- Political Intrigue 5
- Historical Setting 5
- Psychological Thriller 5
- Moral Ambiguity 5
- Film Noir 5
- Atmospheric 4
- Love Triangle 4
- Social Commentary 4
- Melodrama 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- CCharles MacArthurWriterWuthering Heights, Angels with Dirty Faces, Switching Channels, Twentieth Century, Rasputin and the Empress, +14 more
- LLee GarmesCinematographerScarface, Duel in the Sun, China Girl, Specter of the Rose, The Scoundrel, +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 HathawayDirectorKiss of Death, North to Alaska, Legend of the Lost, China Girl, Ten Gentlemen from West Point, +1 more
Dimitri TiomkinComposerThe Thing from Another World, Duel in the Sun, Angel Face, Portrait of Jennie, Circus World
Cary GrantActorNotorious, His Girl Friday, Monkey Business, Gunga Din
Joseph CottenActorDuel in the Sun, Portrait of Jennie, September Affair, Lydia
Fredric MarchActorA Star Is Born, Design for Living, Nothing Sacred, The Twentieth Century
Lionel BarrymoreActorDuel in the Sun, Rasputin and the Empress, The Unholy Night, Let Freedom Ring
Lionel StanderActorA Star Is Born, Specter of the Rose, Watchtower Over Tomorrow, Soak the Rich
Movies and TV shows
311980s
1 title · average score 55
1960s
4 titles · average score 57
58
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
Theatre Play
60
North to Alaska (1960)
Screenplay
1950s
5 titles · average score 54
29
A Farewell to Arms (1957)
Screenplay
75
Angel Face (1953)
Screenplay
70
Monkey Business (1952)
Screenplay
50
Perfect Strangers (1950)
Theatre Play
1940s
8 titles · average score 76
46
Roseanna McCoy (1949)
Writer
89
Notorious (1946)
Writer
70
Duel in the Sun (1946)
Writer
84
Gilda (1946)
Additional Writing
79
Spellbound (1945)
Screenplay
66
The Black Swan (1942)
Screenplay
90
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Additional Writing
1930s
11 titles · average score 71
65
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Screenplay
65
Lady of the Tropics (1939)
Screenplay
47
Eternally Yours (1939)
Writer
81
A Star Is Born (1937)
Writer
75
Nothing Sacred (1937)
Screenplay
76
Barbary Coast (1935)
Writer
78
Queen Christina (1934)
Additional Writing, Writer
78
Twentieth Century (1934)
Screenplay
56
Riptide (1934)
Writer
75
Design for Living (1933)
Screenplay
1920s
2 titles · average score 72
The Big Noise (1928)
Story
72
Underworld (1927)
Story