The Fortune Cookie
Billy Wilder1966-10-19
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!
7.2
125 min
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.
Cast
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Jack Lemmon | Harry Hinkle | Unowned |
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Walter Matthau | Willie Gingrich | Unowned |
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Ron Rich | Boom Boom Jackson | Unowned |
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Judi West | Sandy Hinkle | Unowned |
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Cliff Osmond | Purkey | Unowned |
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Lurene Tuttle | Mother Hinkle | Unowned |
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Harry Holcombe | O'Brien | Unowned |
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Les Tremayne | Thompson | Unowned |
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Marge Redmond | Charlotte Gingrich | Unowned |
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Ann Shoemaker | Sister Veronica | Unowned |
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Ned Glass | Doc Schindler | Unowned |
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Archie Moore | Mr. Jackson | Unowned |
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Howard McNear | Mr. Cimoli | Unowned |
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Harry Davis | Dr. Krugman | Unowned |
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Lauren Gilbert | Kincaid | Unowned |
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Sig Ruman | Professor Winterhalter | Unowned |
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Noam Pitlik | Max | Unowned |
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Maryesther Denver | Nurse | Unowned |
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Judy Pace | Elvira | Unowned |
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Helen Kleeb | Law Firm Switchboard Operator and Receptionist | Unowned |
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Bartlett Robinson | Specialist #1 | Unowned |
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Ben Wright | Doctor | Unowned |
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Dodie Heath | Nun | Unowned |
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William Christopher | Interne (as Bill Christopher) | Unowned |
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Robert P. Lieb | Specialist #2 | Unowned |
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Martin Blaine | Specialist #3 | Unowned |
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Herbie Faye | Maury - the Equipment Man | Unowned |
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Billy Beck | Maury's Assistant | Unowned |
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Lisa Linsky | Ginger Gingrich (as Lisa Jill) | Unowned |
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John Todd Roberts | Jeffrey Gingrich | Unowned |
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Keith Jackson | CBS Football Announcer | Unowned |
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Herbert Ellis | TV Director (as Herb Ellis) | Unowned |
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Robert DoQui | Man in Bar (as Bob Doqui) | Unowned |
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John Anderson | Abraham Lincoln (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Gary Bohn | Paramedic (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jim Brown | Running Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Daniel Elam | Bar Patron (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Rudy Germane | Commuter (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Chester Jones | Cook (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Chuck Schodowski | Stadium Cameraman (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jon Silo | Tailor (uncredited) | Unowned |