The Fortune Cookie

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!

  • Rated 7.2 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1966
  • 2h 5m
  • Comedy

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.

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Director
Billy Wilder
Starring
Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Judi West

Cast

  • Jack Lemmon

    Jack Lemmon

    Harry Hinkle

  • Walter Matthau

    Walter Matthau

    Willie Gingrich

  • Ron Rich

    Ron Rich

    Boom Boom Jackson

  • Judi West

    Judi West

    Sandy Hinkle

  • Cliff Osmond

    Cliff Osmond

    Purkey

  • Lurene Tuttle

    Lurene Tuttle

    Mother Hinkle

  • Harry Holcombe

    Harry Holcombe

    O'Brien

  • Les Tremayne

    Les Tremayne

    Thompson

  • Marge Redmond

    Marge Redmond

    Charlotte Gingrich

  • Ann Shoemaker

    Ann Shoemaker

    Sister Veronica

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