The Fortune Cookie
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!
1966-10-19 | 125 minutes
Plot 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.
Cast
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Jack LemmonHarry Hinkle
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Walter MatthauWillie Gingrich
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Ron RichBoom Boom Jackson
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Judi WestSandy Hinkle
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Cliff OsmondPurkey
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Lurene TuttleMother Hinkle
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Harry HolcombeO'Brien
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Les TremayneThompson
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Marge RedmondCharlotte Gingrich
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Ann ShoemakerSister Veronica
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Ned GlassDoc Schindler
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Howard McNearMr. Cimoli
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Sig RumanProfessor Winterhalter
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Noam PitlikMax
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Judy PaceElvira
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Helen KleebLaw Firm Switchboard Operator and Receptionist
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