Comedy ·Drama ·Crime · United States of America · 1966 · 2h 5m

The Fortune Cookie

The Fortune Cookie poster
Director
Billy Wilder
Cast
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
Crew
Joseph LaShelle — Director of Photography Daniel Mandell — Editor André Previn — Original Music Composer Billy Wilder — Writer I. A. L. Diamond — Writer Billy Wilder — Producer
Tagline

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!

Synopsis

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.

Trailer The Fortune Cookie — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
shadowingamerican footballbrother-in-lawwheelchairhonestyinsurance fraudcinematographerfortune cookieprivate investigatorblack and whitesurveillanceex-wife
Key Collaborators
Billy Wilder Director Joseph LaShelle Director of Photography Daniel Mandell Editor André Previn Original Music Composer Billy Wilder Writer I. A. L. Diamond Writer Billy Wilder Producer Doane Harrison Producer I. A. L. Diamond Producer
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