As a newspaper writer in Chicago, young Ben Hecht saw it all and learned how to captivate an audience with his writing. By the 1920s, he took that talent to Hollywood as a screenwriter, where he crafted some of the classic Hollywood films.
John Parsons
Narrator
Rick Jewell
Self
Leonard Maltin
Sarah Marcus
Bill Savage
Richard Schickel
George Lucas
Executive Producer
Rick McCallum
David R. O'Dell
Producer
Writer
Marta Wohl
Editor