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The Fortune Cookie (1966)

The Fortune Cookie (1966)

Drama Crime Comedy

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!

Release Date: 1966, October 19
Directors: Billy Wilder
Countries: United States of America
Production: Phalanx Productions, Jalem Productions, United Artists
Cast: Rudy Germane, Lurene Tuttle, John Anderson, Ben Wright, Robert DoQui, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Harry Holcombe, Robert P. Lieb, Jim Brown, Les Tremayne, Ned Glass

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.

Keywords:

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