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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!

  • Movie
  • 1966
  • NR
  • 2h 5m

Directed by Billy Wilder

7.2

TMDB audience rating
7.2 out of 10 from 369 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Jack Lemmon

    Jack LemmonHarry Hinkle

  • Walter Matthau

    Walter MatthauWillie Gingrich

  • Ron Rich

    Ron RichBoom Boom Jackson

  • Judi West

    Judi WestSandy Hinkle

  • Cliff Osmond

    Cliff OsmondPurkey

  • Lurene Tuttle

    Lurene TuttleMother Hinkle

  • Harry Holcombe

    Harry HolcombeO'Brien

  • Les Tremayne

    Les TremayneThompson

  • Marge Redmond

    Marge RedmondCharlotte Gingrich

  • Ann Shoemaker

    Ann ShoemakerSister Veronica

  • Ned Glass

    Ned GlassDoc Schindler

  • Archie MooreMr. Jackson

  • Howard McNear

    Howard McNearMr. Cimoli

  • Harry DavisDr. Krugman

  • Lauren GilbertKincaid

  • Sig Ruman

    Sig RumanProfessor Winterhalter

  • Noam Pitlik

    Noam PitlikMax

  • Maryesther DenverNurse

Director
Billy Wilder
Writer
Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond
Music
André Previn
Cinematography
Joseph LaShelle