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
  • Release Date: 1966-10-19
  • User Rating: 7.2/10 from 286 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 5min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Phalanx Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Billy Wilder
star 7.2/10
From 286 Ratings
7.2

Summary

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.

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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)
  • Gary Bohn

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

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