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!

  • Genre: Comedy, Drama, Crime
  • Release Date: 1966-10-19
  • User Rating: 7.1/10 from 339 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 5min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Phalanx Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Billy Wilder
star 7.2/10
From 339 Ratings
7.2

Summary

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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  • 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

  • Archie Moore

    as Mr. Jackson

  • Howard McNear

    as Mr. Cimoli

  • Harry Davis

    as Dr. Krugman

  • Lauren Gilbert

    as Kincaid

  • Sig Ruman

    as Professor Winterhalter

  • Noam Pitlik

    as Max

  • 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)

  • Robert P. Lieb

    as Specialist #2

  • Martin Blaine

    as Specialist #3

  • Herbie Faye

    as Maury - the Equipment Man

  • Billy Beck

    as Maury's Assistant

  • Lisa Linsky

    as Ginger Gingrich (as Lisa Jill)

  • John Todd Roberts

    as Jeffrey Gingrich

  • Keith Jackson

    as CBS Football Announcer

  • Herbert Ellis

    as TV Director (as Herb Ellis)

  • Robert DoQui

    as Man in Bar (as Bob Doqui)

  • John Anderson

    as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)

  • Jim Brown

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

  • Daniel Elam

    as Bar Patron (uncredited)

  • Rudy Germane

    as Commuter (uncredited)

  • Chester Jones

    as Cook (uncredited)

  • Chuck Schodowski

    as Stadium Cameraman (uncredited)

  • Jon Silo

    as Tailor (uncredited)
Directing Billy Wilder Director
Production Billy Wilder Producer
Production Doane Harrison Producer
Production Lynn Stalmaster Casting
Sound Robert Martin Sound Designer
Sound André Previn Original Music Composer
Art Edward G. Boyle Set Decoration
Production I. A. L. Diamond Producer
Camera Joseph LaShelle Director of Photography
Editing Daniel Mandell Editor
Writing Billy Wilder Screenplay
Art Robert Luthardt Art Direction
Writing I. A. L. Diamond Screenplay
Crew Roy Jenson Stunts

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