The Fortune Cookie

Oct 19, 1966

2h 5m

★ 7.2

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!

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Phalanx Productions

Jalem Productions

United Artists

The Fortune Cookie Trailers

Cast

Harry Hinkle

Jack Lemmon

Willie Gingrich

Walter Matthau

Boom Boom Jackson

Ron Rich

Sandy Hinkle

Judi West

Purkey

Cliff Osmond

Mother Hinkle

Lurene Tuttle

O'Brien

Harry Holcombe

Thompson

Les Tremayne

Charlotte Gingrich

Marge Redmond

Sister Veronica

Ann Shoemaker

Doc Schindler

Ned Glass

Mr. Jackson

Archie Moore

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