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!
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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.
Cast
Jack LemmonHarry Hinkle
Walter MatthauWillie Gingrich
Ron RichBoom Boom Jackson
Judi WestSandy Hinkle
Cliff OsmondPurkey
Lurene TuttleMother Hinkle
Harry HolcombeO'Brien
Les TremayneThompson
Marge RedmondCharlotte Gingrich
Ann ShoemakerSister Veronica
Ned GlassDoc SchindlerArchie MooreMr. Jackson
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DirectorBilly Wilder
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Details
Release DateOctober 19, 1966
Budget$3,705,000
Revenue$6,800,000
LanguagesEnglish
StudiosPhalanx Productions, Jalem Productions, United Artists
