The Fortune Cookie
The Fortune Cookie

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!

7.2125 min
ComedyDramaCrime

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.

Movie Info

Release Date: 10/19/1966

Runtime: 125 min

Director: Billy Wilder

Writers: Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond

Top 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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