The Fortune Cookie
- Released on
Comedy, Drama, Crime
•- Runtime
- 125 mins
(336 votes)
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.
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
- Jack Lemmon
- Walter Matthau
- Ron Rich
- Judi West
- Cliff Osmond
- Lurene Tuttle
- Harry Holcombe
- Les Tremayne
- Marge Redmond
- Ann Shoemaker
- Ned Glass
- Archie Moore
- Howard McNear
- Harry Davis
- Lauren Gilbert
- Sig Ruman
- Noam Pitlik
- Maryesther Denver
- Judy Pace
- Helen Kleeb
- Bartlett Robinson
- Ben Wright
- Dodie Heath
- William Christopher
- Robert P. Lieb
- Martin Blaine
- Herbie Faye
- Billy Beck
- Lisa Linsky
- John Todd Roberts
- Keith Jackson
- Herbert Ellis
- Robert DoQui
- John Anderson
- Jim Brown
- Daniel Elam
- Rudy Germane
- Chester Jones
- Chuck Schodowski
- Jon Silo
Director
- Billy Wilder
Producers
- I. A. L. Diamond
- Doane Harrison
- Billy Wilder
Screenwriter
- Billy Wilder
- I. A. L. Diamond
