Ben Hecht
1) Gargoyles
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
If cinematic stories with well-drawn characters are your preference when it comes to fiction, check out Gargoyles by Ben Hecht, who was one of the foremost screenwriters during Hollywood's Golden Age. Hecht wrote or co-wrote the scripts for a number of classic films, including Some Like It Hot, Gone with the Wind, Gunga Din, and Wuthering Heights, and even collaborated on Marilyn Monroe's autobiography My Story
...Series
Criterion collection volume 750
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A tough-talking former GI comes to a small New Mexico town to shake down a gangster who killed his best friend; events turn out neither as planned nor at all well.
6) Scarface
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"An exciting story of organized crime's brutal control over Chicago during the Prohibition Era ... This compelling tale of ambition, betrayal and revenge is a groundbreaking masterpiece that influenced all gangster films to follow"--Container.
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