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!
7.153
125 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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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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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 |