Ben Hecht Movies

  • 1949
    We Were Strangers

    We Were Strangers

    We Were Strangers

    5.91949HD

    China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret police, Ariete. She meets and falls in love with...

    We Were Strangers
  • 1948
    The Miracle of the Bells

    The Miracle of the Bells

    The Miracle of the Bells

    5.9291948HD

    The body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that she wanted all the church bells to ring for three...

    The Miracle of the Bells
  • 1957
    Legend of the Lost

    Legend of the Lost

    Legend of the Lost

    6.21957HD

    American ne'er-do-well Joe January is hired to take Paul Bonnard on an expedition into the desert in search of treasure.

    Legend of the Lost
  • 1950
    Perfect Strangers

    Perfect Strangers

    Perfect Strangers

    6.21950HD

    Romance at a murder trial with a pair of sequestered jurors who are the only ones who think that the woman in the dock is innocent. Separated from...

    Perfect Strangers
  • 1942
    Tales of Manhattan

    Tales of Manhattan

    Tales of Manhattan

    6.31942HD

    Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video...

    Tales of Manhattan
  • 1932
    The Beast of the City

    The Beast of the City

    The Beast of the City

    5.91932HD

    Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his own corrupt brother Ed to watch over Daisy who was associated with Belmonte.

    The Beast of the City
  • 1956
    The Iron Petticoat

    The Iron Petticoat

    The Iron Petticoat

    5.81956HD

    Captain Vinka Kovalenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain...

    The Iron Petticoat
  • 1962
    Billy Rose's Jumbo

    Billy Rose's Jumbo

    Billy Rose's Jumbo

    5.61962HD

    The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.

    Billy Rose's Jumbo
  • 1947
    Ride the Pink Horse

    Ride the Pink Horse

    Ride the Pink Horse

    7.1951947HD

    A con man tries to blackmail a Mexican gangster.

    Ride the Pink Horse
  • 1931
    The Unholy Garden

    The Unholy Garden

    The Unholy Garden

    6.3331931HD

    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...

    The Unholy Garden
  • 1951
    The Secret of Convict Lake

    The Secret of Convict Lake

    The Secret of Convict Lake

    6.61951HD

    After a group of convicts escapes from prison, they take refuge in the wilderness. While most of the crew are ruthless sociopaths, Jim Canfield is an...

    The Secret of Convict Lake
  • 1949
    Love Happy

    Love Happy

    Love Happy

    5.81949HD

    The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.

    Love Happy
  • 1933
    Topaze

    Topaze

    Topaze

    6.1431933HD

    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...

    Topaze
  • 1949
    Roseanna McCoy

    Roseanna McCoy

    Roseanna McCoy

    6.11949HD

    It's the Hatfields vs. the McCoys in this 1949 film, with Farley Granger and Joan Evans as the hillbilly Romeo and Juliet whose forbidden romance...

    Roseanna McCoy
  • 1933
    Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

    Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

    Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

    7.41933HD

    A New York tramp falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt.

    Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
  • 1942
    China Girl

    China Girl

    China Girl

    5.41942HD

    Two-fisted newsreel photographer Johnny Williams is stationed in Burma and China in the early stage of WW II. Captured by the Japanese, he escapes...

    China Girl
  • 1949
    Big Jack

    Big Jack

    Big Jack

    61949HD

    Wallace Beery, in his final film, plays a bandit in this period drama set in Colonial America.

    Big Jack
  • 1937
    King of Gamblers

    King of Gamblers

    King of Gamblers

    71937HD

    Working for a slick restaurateur who has fallen for her, a down-on-life songstress falls instead for a crusading crime reporter, unaware that her...

    King of Gamblers
  • 1934
    Twentieth Century

    Twentieth Century

    Twentieth Century

    6.81934HD

    A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.

    Twentieth Century
  • 1934
    The President Vanishes

    The President Vanishes

    The President Vanishes

    5.751934HD

    The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman...

    The President Vanishes