The Fortune Cookie
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The Fortune Cookie (1966)

19/10/1966
Comedy
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

A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother-in-law, as the king of the ambulance-chasing lawyers, starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him.

  • Billy WilderDirector, Screenplay
  • I. A. L. DiamondScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • shadowing
  • american football
  • brother-in-law
  • wheelchair
  • honesty
  • insurance fraud
  • cinematographer
  • fortune cookie
  • ex-wife
  • cleveland browns
  • cleveland, ohio

Top Billed 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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