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The Fortune Cookie (1966)

19/10/1966 (US)Comedy2h 5m
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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!

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Jack Lemmon

      Jack Lemmon

      Harry Hinkle

    2. Walter Matthau

      Walter Matthau

      Willie Gingrich

    3. Ron Rich

      Ron Rich

      Boom Boom Jackson

    4. Judi West

      Judi West

      Sandy Hinkle

    5. Cliff Osmond

      Cliff Osmond

      Purkey

    6. Lurene Tuttle

      Lurene Tuttle

      Mother Hinkle

    7. Harry Holcombe

      Harry Holcombe

      O'Brien

    8. Les Tremayne

      Les Tremayne

      Thompson

    9. Marge Redmond

      Marge Redmond

      Charlotte Gingrich

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    A review by John Chard

    8.0
    Written by John Chard on Jul 2, 2019

    Morality and cynicism not quite the bedfellows Wilder intended? Wilder's response to his previous film Kiss Me Stupid's criticism was intended to be a bitter attack on American morality, yet many critics of the time felt Wilder chickened out by sweetening the finale. If he actualy did this is obviously down to each individual viewer to decide, but in my case I just feel that it comes together nicely to finish off a very funny and sharp Wilder film. Camerman Harry Henkle is working the sidelines filming a Browns/Vikings game when he is flattened by running back Boom Boom Jackson and taken...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

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    Keywords

    • shadowing
    • american football
    • brother-in-law
    • wheelchair
    • honesty
    • insurance fraud
    • cinematographer
    • fortune cookie
    • ex-wife
    • cleveland browns
    • cleveland, ohio