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The Fortune Cookie
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!
TV cameraman Harry Hinkle is injured while filming a football game. Seeing big dollar signs, his unscrupulous ambulance-chasing lawyer brother-in-law Willie Gingrich enters the picture, and convinces Harry to overstate his injuries and claim $1 million in pain and suffering. Harry's similarly-minded ex-wife suddenly reappears in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
The Fortune Cookie is available to stream on DirecTV On Demand, MGM+, MGM+ (Via Amazon Prime), Philo, Prime Video, YouTube TV, Fubo, Pluto TV, Tubi, and YouTube in United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Spectrum On Demand, Amazon, and Fandango at Home. Use the direct links below to open the provider.
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Synopsis
TV cameraman Harry Hinkle is injured while filming a football game. Seeing big dollar signs, his unscrupulous ambulance-chasing lawyer brother-in-law Willie Gingrich enters the picture, and convinces Harry to overstate his injuries and claim $1 million in pain and suffering. Harry's similarly-minded ex-wife suddenly reappears in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.
More about The Fortune Cookie
Cast
Jack LemmonHarry Hinkle
Walter MatthauWillie Gingrich
Ron RichBoom Boom Jackson
Judi WestSandy Hinkle
Cliff OsmondPurkey
Lurene TuttleMother Hinkle
Harry HolcombeO'Brien
Les TremayneThompsonCredits
- Directed by
- Billy Wilder
- Written by
- Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $3.7M
- Box office
- $6.8M
Production
- Phalanx Productions
- Jalem ProductionsUnited States
United ArtistsUnited States
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