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72% Critic Match
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!”
7.2 / 10• 1966• 2h 5m•NR• English
ComedyDramaCrime
Storyline
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 & Crew
Jack Lemmon
Harry Hinkle
Lead
Walter Matthau
Willie Gingrich
Ron Rich
Boom Boom Jackson
Judi West
Sandy Hinkle
Cliff Osmond
Purkey
Lurene Tuttle
Mother Hinkle
Harry Holcombe
O'Brien
Les Tremayne
Thompson
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Billy Wilder's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Fortune Cookie is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
