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While taping a football game, cameraman Harry Hinkle (Jack Lemmon) ends up slightly injured after a collision with star player "Boom Boom" Jackson (Ron Rich). When Hinkle's scheming brother-in-law ...
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"The Fortune Cookie" is a light, lovable con/slapstick film about Harry Hinkle (Jack Lemmon), a sports cameraman who is accidentally knocked down by NFL star Boom Boom Jackson (Ron Rich) at a football game. Hinkle suffers a minor concussion but his lawyer brother-in-law, Willie Gingrich (Walter Matthau) is immediately on the seen.
The Fortune Cookie (alternative UK title: Meet Whiplash Willie) is a 1966 American black comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. It was the first film in which Jack Lemmon collaborated with Walter Matthau. Matthau won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.
The Fortune Cookie: Directed by Billy Wilder. With Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Judi West. A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Billy Wilder
- 1966-10-19
The Fortune Cookie still plays as funny. Not as funny as “One, Two, Three,” his grandest farce, or the more celebrated “Some Like It Hot.”. Matthau makes it amusing. But there’s just a sliver of hope and the tiniest hint of “bittersweet” about it, something Wilder occasionally allowed into his screenplays. Read More.
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- Billy Wilder
- Approved
- Jack Lemmon
Oct 19, 2016 · On Oct. 19, 1966, Billy Wilder returned to the big screen with The Fortune Cookie, starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. The film was nominated for four Oscars at the 39th Academy Awards ...
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Apr 25, 2017 · The Production: 4/5 Writer-director Billy Wilder’s view of human nature takes on an even sourer tone in his 1966 comedy The Fortune Cookie.With masterful comic actors Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau being teamed for the first time and Wilder and his writing partner I.A.L. Diamond focusing on human nature at its most avaricious, The Fortune Cookie offers bittersweet entertainment amid a clutch ...