The Fortune Cookie
1966/10/19 (US) | 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!
A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother-in-law, as the king of the ambulance-chasing lawyers, starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him.
Billy Wilder
Screenplay
I. A. L. Diamond
Screenplay
Billy Wilder
Director
Lead Cast
Jack Lemmon
Harry Hinkle
Walter Matthau
Willie Gingrich
Ron Rich
Boom Boom Jackson
Judi West
Sandy Hinkle
Cliff Osmond
Purkey
Lurene Tuttle
Mother Hinkle
Harry Holcombe
O'Brien
Budget
$ 0
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- Phalanx Productions
- Jalem Productions
- United Artists
Crews
I. A. L. Diamond
Producer
Robert Luthardt
Art Direction
Edward G. Boyle
Set Decoration
Daniel Mandell
Editor
André Previn
Original Music Composer
Robert Martin
Sound Designer