Release Date
📅
Original Release
October 19, 1966
2h 5m
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
⭐ 7.2125 min
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.
Director
Billy Wilder
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 2.0
Cast
Jack Lemmon
Harry Hinkle
⭐1.9
Walter Matthau
Willie Gingrich
⭐2.1
Ron Rich
Boom Boom Jackson
⭐0.2
Judi West
Sandy Hinkle
⭐0.5
Cliff Osmond
Purkey
⭐1.1
Lurene Tuttle
Mother Hinkle
⭐1.5
Harry Holcombe
O'Brien
⭐0.5
Les Tremayne
Thompson
⭐1.1
Marge Redmond
Charlotte Gingrich
⭐0.6
Ann Shoemaker
Sister Veronica
⭐0.7
Genres
ComedyDramaCrime
Production Companies
Phalanx ProductionsJalem Productions
United Artists
