The Fortune Cookie

Name: The Fortune Cookie
Director: Billy Wilder
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 1966-10-19
Duration: 2 h 5 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Judi West, Cliff Osmond

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!

7.2

96%Tomatometer

63

Metascore

7.2

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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.

DirectorBilly Wilder

Budget$4M

Box Office$7M

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.

DirectorBilly Wilder

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