The Fortune Cookie
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.
Accolades
Parents guide
- Violence
- mild
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- none
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- none
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Crime
Cast & Crew
Billy WilderDirector
Jack LemmonHarry Hinkle
Walter MatthauWillie Gingrich
Ron RichBoom Boom Jackson
Judi WestSandy Hinkle
Cliff OsmondPurkey
Lurene TuttleMother Hinkle
Harry HolcombeO'Brien
Les TremayneThompson
Marge RedmondCharlotte Gingrich
Ann ShoemakerSister Veronica
Ned GlassDoc Schindler
André PrevinComposer
I. A. L. DiamondWriterThe Fortune Cookie
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.
Accolades
Parents guide
- Violence
- mild
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- none
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- none
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Crime
Cast & Crew
Billy WilderDirectorJack LemmonHarry HinkleWalter MatthauWillie GingrichRon RichBoom Boom JacksonJudi WestSandy HinkleCliff OsmondPurkeyLurene TuttleMother HinkleHarry HolcombeO'BrienLes TremayneThompsonMarge RedmondCharlotte GingrichAnn ShoemakerSister VeronicaNed GlassDoc SchindlerAndré PrevinComposerI. A. L. DiamondWriter