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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.
The Fortune Cookie. 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).
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Fortune Cookie (1966) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Fortune Cookie, The -- (Original Trailer) A crooked lawyer trumps up an insurance case for a cameraman injured at a pro football game in The Fortune Cookie (1966), directed by Billy Wilder and starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.
The Fortune Cookie. 1966 · 2 hr 6 min. TV-PG. Comedy · Romance. When a cameraman is clobbered during a football game, his brother-in-law advises to feign an injury so they can split the money from insurance claims. Subtitles: English. Starring: Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau Ron Rich Judi West Cliff Osmond. Directed by: Billy Wilder.
TV cameraman Harry Hinkle is injured while filming a football game. Seeing an opportunity for big, easy money, his unscrupulous ambulance-chasing lawyer brother-in-law, enters the picture. He gets Harry to overstate his injuries and claim $1 million in pain and suffering.
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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.
The Fortune Cookie. Director Billy Wilder, pairing for the seventh time with writing partner I.A.L. Diamond, brings us the blackest of black comedy in "The Fortune Cookie." The tale focuses on the travails of a TV cameraman (Jack Lemmon) who is injured while shooting a sporting event, and then inveigled into an insurance scam by his brother-in ...
