Your rating
Play trailer
72
TMDB
342
-
V&R
0
Favorites
Watchlist
The Fortune Cookie
1966, Oct 19
2h 5m
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.
Directed by
Billy Wilder
Written by
I. A. L. Diamond, Billy Wilder
Walter Matthau
Willie Gingrich
Jack Lemmon
Harry Hinkle
John Anderson
Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Lurene Tuttle
Mother Hinkle
Ben Wright
Doctor
Jim Brown
Running Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cliff Osmond
Purkey
Robert DoQui
Man in Bar (as Bob Doqui)
Judy Pace
Elvira
Roy Jenson
Ned Glass
Doc Schindler
Howard McNear
Mr. Cimoli
William Christopher
Interne (as Bill Christopher)
Harry Holcombe
O'Brien
Les Tremayne
Thompson
Bartlett Robinson
Specialist #1
Ann Shoemaker
Sister Veronica
Sig Ruman
Professor Winterhalter
Judi West
Sandy Hinkle
Herbie Faye
Maury - the Equipment Man
Helen Kleeb
Law Firm Switchboard Operator and Receptionist
Dodie Heath
Nun
Herbert Ellis
TV Director (as Herb Ellis)
Marge Redmond
Charlotte Gingrich
Ron Rich
Boom Boom Jackson
Billy Beck
Maury's Assistant
Archie Moore
Mr. Jackson
Harry Davis
Dr. Krugman
Lauren Gilbert
Kincaid
Maryesther Denver
Nurse
Robert P. Lieb
Specialist #2
Martin Blaine
Specialist #3
Lisa Linsky
Ginger Gingrich (as Lisa Jill)
John Todd Roberts
Jeffrey Gingrich
Keith Jackson
CBS Football Announcer
Daniel Elam
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Commuter (uncredited)
Chester Jones
Cook (uncredited)
Jon Silo
Tailor (uncredited)
0