The Fortune Cookie

The Fortune Cookie (1966)

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!

Comedy Drama Crime

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.

star 7.1 7.2 63 96%
  • Release Date: 1966-10-19
  • Runtime: 2h 5min
  • Director: Billy Wilder

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Jack Lemmon

      Harry Hinkle

    • Walter Matthau

      Willie Gingrich

    • Ron Rich

      Boom Boom Jackson

    • Judi West

      Sandy Hinkle

    • Cliff Osmond

      Purkey

    • Lurene Tuttle

      Mother Hinkle

    • Harry Holcombe

      O'Brien

    • Les Tremayne

      Thompson

    • Marge Redmond

      Charlotte Gingrich

    • Ann Shoemaker

      Sister Veronica

    • Ned Glass

      Doc Schindler

    • Archie Moore

      Mr. Jackson

    • Howard McNear

      Mr. Cimoli

    • Harry Davis

      Dr. Krugman

    • Lauren Gilbert

      Kincaid

    • Sig Ruman

      Professor Winterhalter

    • Noam Pitlik

      Max

    • Maryesther Denver

      Nurse

    • Judy Pace

      Elvira

    • Helen Kleeb

      Law Firm Switchboard Operator and Receptionist

    • Bartlett Robinson

      Specialist #1

    • Ben Wright

      Doctor

    • Dodie Heath

      Nun

    • William Christopher

      Interne (as Bill Christopher)

    • Robert P. Lieb

      Specialist #2

    • Martin Blaine

      Specialist #3

    • Herbie Faye

      Maury - the Equipment Man

    • Billy Beck

      Maury's Assistant

    • Lisa Linsky

      Ginger Gingrich (as Lisa Jill)

    • John Todd Roberts

      Jeffrey Gingrich

    • Keith Jackson

      CBS Football Announcer

    • Herbert Ellis

      TV Director (as Herb Ellis)

    • Robert DoQui

      Man in Bar (as Bob Doqui)

    • John Anderson

      Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)

    • Jim Brown

      Running Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited)

    • Daniel Elam

      Bar Patron (uncredited)

    • Rudy Germane

      Commuter (uncredited)

    • Chester Jones

      Cook (uncredited)

    • Chuck Schodowski

      Stadium Cameraman (uncredited)

    • Jon Silo

      Tailor (uncredited)

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