The Fortune Cookie Poster

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!

Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Judi West, Cliff Osmond

Writer: Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond

Release Date:
October 19, 1966
Ratings:
7.2 / 10
Director:
Billy Wilder
Companies:
Phalanx Productions

Overview

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.