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The Fortune Cookie

Cast

Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Judi West View All

Crew

Billy Wilder (Screenplay), Billy Wilder (Director), I. A. L. Diamond (Screenplay) View All

Release: Oct. 19th, 1966

Runtime: 2 hours, 5 minutes

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.

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Also thrown into mix is the football player who injured Harry and is wracked with guilt about it and an insurance company who has detectives shadowing Harry in an attempt to prove that Harry's injuries are bogus.

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