The Fortune Cookie

Release Date:

Oct 19, 1966

Running Time:

2:05

Genre:

Comedy Drama

Director:

Billy Wilder

Cast:

Jack Lemmon	Harry Hinkle
Walter Matthau	Willie Gingrich
Ron Rich	Luther ``Boom Boom'' Jackson
Cliff Osmond	Purkey
Judi West	Sandy Hinkle
Lurene Tuttle	Mother Hinkle
Harry Holcombe	O'Brien
Les Tremayne	Thompson
Marge Redmond	Charlotte Gingrich
Noam Pitlik	Max
Harry Davis	Dr. Krugman
Ann Shoemaker	Sister Veronica
Ned Glass	Doc Schindler
Sig Ruman	Professor Winterhalter
Archie Moore	Mr. Jackson

Producers:

Billy Wilder

Language:

English

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While taping a football game, cameraman Harry Hinkle ends up slightly injured after a collision with star player ''Boom Boom'' Jackson . When Hinkle's scheming brother-in-law, lawyer Willie Gingrich, catches wind of the incident, he wants Hinkle to feign paralysis to scam the insurance company. Hinkle agrees to the plan, if only to win back his ex . But Hinkle's growing friendship with a guilt-ridden Jackson has him questioning the ploy.

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