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Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht

Born: 1894-02-28 • New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Filmography
Actors and Sin poster
Actors and Sin
1952 • Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice)
Angels Over Broadway poster
Angels Over Broadway
1940 • Man in Night Court (uncredited)
The Scoundrel poster
The Scoundrel
1935 • Flop House Bum
Crime Without Passion poster
Crime Without Passion
1934 • Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)