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!
7.2(354) 1966-10-19 125 minComedyDramaCrime
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.
ProducerI. A. L. Diamond
Original Music ComposerAndré Previn
ProducerDoane Harrison
ProducerBilly Wilder
DirectorBilly Wilder
WriterBilly Wilder
WriterI. A. L. Diamond
Cast & characters
Jack Lemmon
as Harry Hinkle
Walter Matthau
as Willie Gingrich
Ron Rich
as Boom Boom Jackson
Judi West
as Sandy Hinkle
Cliff Osmond
as Purkey
Lurene Tuttle
as Mother Hinkle
Harry Holcombe
as O'Brien
Les Tremayne
as Thompson
Marge Redmond
as Charlotte Gingrich
Ann Shoemaker
as Sister Veronica
Ned Glass
as Doc Schindler
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Archie Moore
as Mr. Jackson
Howard McNear
as Mr. Cimoli
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Harry Davis
as Dr. Krugman
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Lauren Gilbert
as Kincaid
Sig Ruman
as Professor Winterhalter
Noam Pitlik
as Max
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Maryesther Denver
as Nurse
Judy Pace
as Elvira
Helen Kleeb
as Law Firm Switchboard Operator and Receptionist
Bartlett Robinson
as Specialist #1
Ben Wright
as Doctor
Dodie Heath
as Nun
William Christopher
as Interne (as Bill Christopher)
