Ben Hecht Movies
- 1934
Riptide
Riptide6.21934HD
Mary is an impetuous romantic who marries British aristocrat Lord Philip Rexford on a whim. Their marriage is successful, though, and they grow...
- 1933
Topaze
Topaze6.11933HD
An honest and naive schoolteacher gets a lesson in how the world works outside the classroom, when a rich Baron and his mistress use the teacher's...
- 1935
Spring Tonic
Spring Tonic5.31935HD
Betty Ingals walks out on her fiancé in search of adventure. She gets more than she bargained for when she stumbles upon a gang of bootleggers.
- 1928
The Big Noise
The Big Noise01928HD
John Stoval, a guard in a New York subway, thinks that Philip Hurd, who owns a concession at Coney Island, would make a good husband for his daughter...
- 1986
I Hate Actors
I Hate Actors5.41986HD
A Hollywood studio is producing another spectacular when the top billed male stars suddenly show up as corpses, killed before the critics could ever...
- 1936
Soak the Rich
Soak the Rich01936HD
Tycoon Humphrey Craig is fearful that a "soak the rich" bill will pass in the United States Senate.
- 1939
Let Freedom Ring
Let Freedom Ring61939HD
A Harvard man fights a railroad baron with a disguise and the power of the press.
- 1930
Roadhouse Nights
Roadhouse Nights4.51930HD
Based on the Hammett novel, this ultra-rare film—is nominally taken from the author's classic gang-war novel Red Harvest, which proved too...
- 1930
Street of Chance
Street of Chance6.41930HD
'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with those who cheat against him. His wife, Alma (Kay...
- 1946
Specter of the Rose
Specter of the Rose4.41946HD
Ballet dancer Sanine may have murdered his first wife. A detective thinks so, and he's not the only one.
- 1940
I Take This Woman
I Take This Woman6.21940HD
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic...
- 1949
The Twentieth Century
The Twentieth Century01949HD
A flamboyant Broadway impresario who has fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover, now a Hollywood diva, to return and resurrect his...
- 1950
The Murder Club
The Murder Club01950HD
Based on the short story by Ben Hecht.
- 1935
Once in a Blue Moon
Once in a Blue Moon01935HD
A group of Russian nobles fleeing the Bolshevik revolution meet up with a traveling circus. To escape their pursuers, they disguise themselves as...
- 1931
The Unholy Garden
The Unholy Garden61931HD
At a hotel in the middle of the Sahara, an old man and his daughter try to keep the location of a hidden treasure from a collection of thieves and...
- 1930
The Green Specter
The Green Specter01930HD
A group of people who knew each other years before discover that members of the group are being killed off one by one by someone who calls himself...
- 1945
The Front Page
The Front Page01945HD
Earl Williams is set to hang tomorrow. When he escapes from his cell, reporter Hildy Johnson finds him, and thus seems likely to land the scoop of...
- 1948
The Front Page
The Front Page01948HD
Earl Williams is due to be hanged tomorrow, and he's innocent. When Earl escapes from his cell, journalist Hildy Johnson seems likely to land the...
- 1949
Concerning a Woman of Sin
Concerning a Woman of Sin01949HD
An unscrupulous agent is able to sell a story by an unknown authoress to a Hollywood studio chief for big money. But he has to conceal the fact that...
- 1934
Upperworld
Upperworld6.31934HD
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the...