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!”
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.
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Cast
40 people
Jack Lemmon
Harry Hinkle
Known for
The Apartment
Some Like It Hot
Walter Matthau
Willie Gingrich
Known for
Dennis the Menace
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Ron Rich
Boom Boom Jackson
Also in
Throw Out the Anchor
Mission: Impossible
Judi West
Sandy Hinkle
Also in
A Man Called Gannon
Fantabulous Inc.
Cliff Osmond
Purkey
Known for
Kiss Me, Stupid
Irma la Douce
Lurene Tuttle
Mother Hinkle
Known for
Psycho
Niagara
Harry Holcombe
O'Brien
Known for
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Foxy Brown
Les Tremayne
Thompson
Known for
North by Northwest
The War of the Worlds
Marge Redmond
Charlotte Gingrich
Known for
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Family Plot
Ann Shoemaker
Sister Veronica
Known for
My Favorite Wife
House by the River
Ned Glass
Doc Schindler
Known for
West Side Story
Charade
Archie Moore
Mr. Jackson
Known for
Breakheart Pass
The Outfit
Billy Wilder Director · I. A. L. Diamond Writer André Previn Composer
Worldwide gross $6.8M · Budget $3.7M · United States release October 19, 1966
Box office
Budget
$3,705,000
Worldwide gross
$6,800,000
Gross vs. budget
1.8×
Production
Phalanx Productions
Production
Jalem Productions
Production
United Artists
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 19, 1966
Theatrical
Brazil
October 17, 2007 · Physical
France
May 31, 1967 · Theatrical
Germany
December 16, 1966 · Theatrical
Ireland
June 16, 1967 · Theatrical
Italy
December 21, 1966 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 18, 1967 · Theatrical
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