The Fortune Cookie (1966)

10/19/1966 2h 5m

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!

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Jack Lemmon

as Harry Hinkle

Born 02/08/1925

Died 06/27/2001, age

Walter Matthau

as Willie Gingrich

Born 10/01/1920

Died 07/01/2000, age

Lurene Tuttle

as Mother Hinkle

Born 08/20/1907

Died 05/28/1986, age

Harry Holcombe

as O'Brien

Born 11/11/1906

Died 09/15/1987, age

Ann Shoemaker

as Sister Veronica

Born 01/09/1891

Died 09/18/1978, age

Ned Glass

as Doc Schindler

Born 04/01/1906

Died 06/15/1984, age

Archie Moore

as Mr. Jackson

Born 12/13/1913

Died 12/09/1998, age

Sig Ruman

as Professor Winterhalter

Born 10/10/1884

Died 02/14/1967, age

Ben Wright

as Doctor

Born 05/05/1915

Died 07/02/1989, age

Billy Beck

as Maury's Assistant

Born 05/26/1920

Died 06/29/2011, age

Robert DoQui

as Man in Bar (as Bob Doqui)

Born 04/20/1934

Died 02/09/2008, age

John Anderson

as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)

Born 10/20/1922

Died 08/07/1992, age

Jim Brown

as Running Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited)

Born 02/17/1936

Died 05/18/2023, age