The Fortune Cookie

Plot

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 ... read more

  • Billy Wilder

    Director

  • Billy Wilder

    Screenplay

  • I. A. L. Diamond

    Screenplay

  • Joseph LaShelle

    Director of Photography

  • Daniel Mandell

    Editor

  • 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

  • Les Tremayne

    Thompson

  • Marge Redmond

    Charlotte Gingrich

  • Ann Shoemaker

    Sister Veronica

  • Ned Glass

    Doc Schindler

  • Archie Moore

    Mr. Jackson

  • Howard McNear

    Mr. Cimoli

  • Harry Davis

    Dr. Krugman

  • Lauren Gilbert

    Kincaid

  • Sig Ruman

    Professor Winterhalter

  • Noam Pitlik

    Max

  • Maryesther Denver

    Nurse

  • Judy Pace

    Elvira

  • Helen Kleeb

    Law Firm Switchboard Operator and Receptionist

  • Bartlett Robinson

    Specialist #1

  • Ben Wright

    Doctor

  • Dodie Heath

    Nun

  • William Christopher

    Interne (as Bill Christopher)

  • Robert P. Lieb

    Specialist #2

  • Martin Blaine

    Specialist #3

  • Herbie Faye

    Maury - the Equipment Man

  • Billy Beck

    Maury's Assistant

  • Lisa Linsky

    Ginger Gingrich (as Lisa Jill)

  • John Todd Roberts

    Jeffrey Gingrich

  • Keith Jackson

    CBS Football Announcer

  • Herbert Ellis

    TV Director (as Herb Ellis)

  • Robert DoQui

    Man in Bar (as Bob Doqui)

  • John Anderson

    Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)

  • Gary Bohn

    Paramedic (uncredited)

  • Jim Brown

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

  • Daniel Elam

    Bar Patron (uncredited)

  • Rudy Germane

    Commuter (uncredited)

  • Chester Jones

    Cook (uncredited)

  • Chuck Schodowski

    Stadium Cameraman (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    125 minutes

    Released

    1966-10-19

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    United Artists

    Phalanx Productions

    Jalem Productions

    Sound

  • André Previn

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    711 days ago

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