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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! - The Fortune Cookie
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Title: The Fortune Cookie

Release Date: 19 Oct 1966

Runtime: 2h 5m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Phalanx Productions, Jalem Productions, United Artists

Production Companies: Phalanx Productions, Jalem Productions, United Artists

Overview: 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.199 (307 votes)

Cast

  • Harry Hinkle: Jack Lemmon
  • Willie Gingrich: Walter Matthau
  • Boom Boom Jackson: Ron Rich
  • Sandy Hinkle: Judi West
  • Purkey: Cliff Osmond
  • Mother Hinkle: Lurene Tuttle
  • O'Brien: Harry Holcombe
  • Thompson: Les Tremayne
  • Charlotte Gingrich: Marge Redmond
  • Sister Veronica: Ann Shoemaker
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