TMDb Rating
7.2/10
336 verified votes
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
ComedyDramaCrime
125 min
"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!"
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.
Director
Billy Wilder
Top Cast
Jack LemmonWalter MatthauRon RichJudi WestCliff Osmond
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