In 1928 Bennett wrote the scenario for the silent film "Piccadilly", directed by E. A. Dupont and starring Anna May Wong, described by the BFI as "one of the true greats of British silent films, on a par with the best work of or in the period". In 1929, the year the film came out, Bennett was in discussion with a young Alfred Hitchcock to script a silent film "Punch and Judy," which foundered on artistic disagreements and Bennett's refusal to see the film as a "talkie" rather than silent. His original scenario, acquired by Pennsylvania State University, was published in the UK in 2012.