The Fortune Cookie (1966)

  • NR
  • 10/19/1966 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama, Crime
  • 2h 5m

Is he a spy? A security risk? Is he unfaithful? Or is he a nice, normal shnook - out to make a million bucks by sheer accident!

Overview

TV cameraman Harry Hinkle is injured while filming a football game. Seeing big dollar signs, his unscrupulous ambulance-chasing lawyer brother-in-law Willie Gingrich enters the picture, and convinces Harry to overstate his injuries and claim $1 million in pain and suffering. Harry's similarly-minded ex-wife suddenly reappears in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.

Billy Wilder

Director, Screenplay

I. A. L. Diamond

Screenplay

Cast

Jack Lemmon's headshot

Jack Lemmon

Harry Hinkle
Walter Matthau's headshot

Walter Matthau

Willie Gingrich
Ron Rich's headshot

Ron Rich

Boom Boom Jackson
Judi West's headshot

Judi West

Sandy Hinkle
Cliff Osmond's headshot

Cliff Osmond

Purkey
Lurene Tuttle's headshot

Lurene Tuttle

Mother Hinkle
Harry Holcombe's headshot

Harry Holcombe

O'Brien
Les Tremayne's headshot

Les Tremayne

Thompson

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