Ben Hecht

Biography

Ben Hecht (February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A successful journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of the most enjoyed screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Hecht, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Angels Over Broadway (1940) — Man in Night Court (uncredited)
2. Crime Without Passion (1934) — Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)
3. The Scoundrel (1935) — Flop House Bum
4. Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) — Self
5. Actors and Sin (1952) — Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice)

Directed

1. Angels Over Broadway (1940) — Director
2. Crime Without Passion (1934) — Director
3. The Scoundrel (1935) — Director
4. Specter of the Rose (1946) — Director
5. Actors and Sin (1952) — Director
6. Soak the Rich (1936) — Director
7. Once in a Blue Moon (1935) — Director
8. Concerning a Woman of Sin (1949) — Director
9. The Front Page (1948) — Director
10. Miracle in the Rain (1949) — Director
11. The Pink Hussar (1950) — Director