Author Director Screenwriter

Ben Hecht

2 books · 4 adaptations of their books · 1 film as director

American writer, director, and producer (1894–1964)

Born:: February 28, 1894, New York City
Died:: April 18, 1964
Country:: United States
Zodiac:: ♓ Pisces
Spouse:: Rose Caylor

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Ben Hecht Books

Book 3.0

The Front Page

Ben Hecht · 1928

Book

Miracle in the Rain

Ben Hecht · 1943

Ben Hecht Adaptations

Film 7.8

His Girl Friday

January 11, 1940 · from the book by Ben Hecht

Film 7.1

Miracle in the Rain

March 31, 1956 · from the book by Ben Hecht

Film 7.3

The Front Page

December 17, 1974 · from the book by Ben Hecht

Film 5.9

Switching Channels

1987 · from the book by Ben Hecht

Directed by Ben Hecht

Film 7.4

Design for Living

1933 · from the book by Noël Coward

Screenplays by Ben Hecht

Roadhouse Nights 1930

Film 5.5

Roadhouse Nights

1930 · from the book by Dashiell Hammett

Film 7.0

Back Street

1932 · from the book by Fannie Hurst

Film 7.7

Scarface

1932 · from the book by Armitage Trail

Film 6.7

Topaze

1933 · from the book by Marcel Pagnol

Film 7.4

Design for Living

1933 · from the book by Noël Coward

Film 6.0

The President Vanishes

1934 · from the book by Rex Stout

Film 7.1

The Hurricane

1937 · from the book by James Norman Hall

Film 8.2

Gone with the Wind

December 15, 1939 · from the book by Margaret Mitchell

Film 7.5

Wuthering Heights

1939 · from the book by Emily Brontë

Film 7.8

His Girl Friday

January 11, 1940 · from the book by Ben Hecht

Film 6.7

The Black Swan

1942 · from the book by Rafael Sabatini

Film 6.9

Roxie Hart

1942 · from the book by Maurine Dallas Watkins

Film 6.5

Journey into Fear

1943 · from the book by Eric Ambler

Film 7.2

Ride the Pink Horse

1947 · from the book by Dorothy B. Hughes

Film 7.6

Portrait of Jennie

1948 · from the book by Robert Nathan

Film 7.9

Rope

1948 · from the book by Patrick Hamilton

Film 6.7

The Inspector General

1950 · from the book by Nikolai Gogol

Film 7.9

Strangers on a Train

June 30, 1951 · from the book by Patricia Highsmith

Film 7.0

The Thing from Another World

1951 · from the book by John W. Campbell

Film 7.3

The Man with the Golden Arm

December 15, 1955 · from the book by Nelson Algren

Film 7.1

Guys and Dolls

November 3, 1955 · based on “Guys and Dolls”

Film 6.6

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

December 19, 1956 · based on “The Hunchback of Notre Dam...”

Film 7.1

Miracle in the Rain

March 31, 1956 · from the book by Ben Hecht

Film 5.8

A Farewell to Arms

1957 · from the book by Ernest Hemingway

Film 6.3

The Gun Runners

1958 · from the book by Ernest Hemingway

Film 7.2

Mutiny on the Bounty

November 8, 1962 · from the book by James Norman Hall

Film 7.1

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

March 18, 1964 · from the book by Charles G. Finney

Film 7.3

The Front Page

December 17, 1974 · from the book by Ben Hecht

Film 8.3

Scarface

1983 · from the book by Armitage Trail

Film 5.9

Switching Channels

1987 · from the book by Ben Hecht