Ben Hecht Movies

  • 1932
    Million Dollar Legs

    Million Dollar Legs

    Million Dollar Legs

    6.61932HD

    A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.

    Million Dollar Legs
  • 1947
    Her Husband's Affairs

    Her Husband's Affairs

    Her Husband's Affairs

    5.41947HD

    Bill Weldon is an Ad man who craves his wife Margaret's approval of his work, instead he gets constructive (and on-target) feedback, which he hates....

    Her Husband's Affairs
  • 1935
    The Florentine Dagger

    The Florentine Dagger

    The Florentine Dagger

    5.71935HD

    A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.

    The Florentine Dagger
  • 1934
    Crime Without Passion

    Crime Without Passion

    Crime Without Passion

    5.7951934HD

    Caddish lawyer Lee Gentry is going out with Katy Costello, but carrying on an affair with dancer Carmen Brown. When he wants to end the dalliance...

    Crime Without Passion
  • 1935
    Once in a Blue Moon

    Once in a Blue Moon

    Once in a Blue Moon

    01935HD

    A group of Russian nobles fleeing the Bolshevik revolution meet up with a traveling circus. To escape their pursuers, they disguise themselves as...

    Once in a Blue Moon
  • 1936
    Soak the Rich

    Soak the Rich

    Soak the Rich

    01936HD

    Tycoon Humphrey Craig is fearful that a "soak the rich" bill will pass in the United States Senate.

    Soak the Rich
  • 1935
    Spring Tonic

    Spring Tonic

    Spring Tonic

    5.31935HD

    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.

    Spring Tonic
  • 1946
    Specter of the Rose

    Specter of the Rose

    Specter of the Rose

    4.61946HD

    Ballet dancer Sanine may have murdered his first wife. A detective thinks so, and he's not the only one.

    Specter of the Rose
  • 1930
    The Green Specter

    The Green Specter

    The Green Specter

    01930HD

    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...

    The Green Specter
  • 1945
    Watchtower Over Tomorrow

    Watchtower Over Tomorrow

    Watchtower Over Tomorrow

    51945HD

    Short documentary film about the Dumbarton Oaks plan and the proposed formation of the United Nations.

    Watchtower Over Tomorrow
  • 1937
    Woman Chases Man

    Woman Chases Man

    Woman Chases Man

    5.61937HD

    A pretty architect devises a wild scheme to convince a handsome millionaire to fund a new housing development project.

    Woman Chases Man
  • 1950
    Miracle in the Rain

    Miracle in the Rain

    Miracle in the Rain

    01950HD

    A lonely man and woman meet on rainy afternoon in New York. Studio One, Season 2, Episode 34

    Miracle in the Rain
  • 1949
    The Twentieth Century

    The Twentieth Century

    The Twentieth Century

    01949HD

    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...

    The Twentieth Century
  • 1930
    Roadhouse Nights

    Roadhouse Nights

    Roadhouse Nights

    4.51930HD

    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...

    Roadhouse Nights
  • 1926
    The New Klondike

    The New Klondike

    The New Klondike

    51926HD

    Tom Kelly, a small-town baseball pitcher, is sent to a minor-league team in Florida, and fails to make the team. He starts dabbling in real estate,...

    The New Klondike
  • 1928
    The Big Noise

    The Big Noise

    The Big Noise

    01928HD

    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...

    The Big Noise
  • 1930
    Si l'empereur savait ça

    Si l'empereur savait ça

    Si l'empereur savait ça

    01930HD

    A princess in the old Austro-Hungarian empire rejects her arranged marriage and falls, instead, for a dashing cavalry captain.

    Si l'empereur savait ça
  • 1934
    Shoot the Works

    Shoot the Works

    Shoot the Works

    51934HD

    The story of seedy sideshow barker Nicky, who uses everyone he meets to get ahead. Nicky isn't even above exploiting his singing sweetheart Lily to...

    Shoot the Works
  • 1945
    The Front Page

    The Front Page

    The Front Page

    01945HD

    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...

    The Front Page
  • 1949
    Miracle in the Rain

    Miracle in the Rain

    Miracle in the Rain

    01949HD

    A lonely man and woman meet on rainy afternoon in New York. Season 1, Episode 21 of the The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre

    Miracle in the Rain