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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
Jack Lemmon
Harry Hinkle
Howard McNear
Mr. Cimoli
Walter Matthau
Willie Gingrich
John Anderson
Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Ben Wright
Doctor
Lurene Tuttle
Mother Hinkle
Cliff Osmond
Purkey
William Christopher
Interne (as Bill Christopher)
Marge Redmond
Charlotte Gingrich
Ned Glass
Doc Schindler
Roy Jenson
Jim Brown
Running Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert DoQui
Man in Bar (as Bob Doqui)
Sig Ruman
Professor Winterhalter
Bartlett Robinson
Specialist #1
Les Tremayne
Thompson
Noam Pitlik
Max
Ann Shoemaker
Sister Veronica
Judi West
Sandy Hinkle
Harry Holcombe
O'Brien
Herbie Faye
Maury - the Equipment Man
Billy Beck
Maury's Assistant
Helen Kleeb
Law Firm Switchboard Operator and Receptionist
Herbert Ellis
TV Director (as Herb Ellis)
Judy Pace
Elvira
Dodie Heath
Nun
Ron Rich
Boom Boom Jackson
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)
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