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Ben Hecht

Feb 28, 1894 - Apr 18, 1964 (70 years old) in 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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Known For

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

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