ApprovedThe Fortune Cookie

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IMDB (15,906 votes)

Meta Score

Rotten Tomatoes

500M
500M
Play Time: 125 mins
Comedy, Drama, Crime
The Fortune Cookie

Overview:
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.

Status: Released (1966-10-19)
Awards:Won 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 5 nominations total
Screen:Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond
Productions: Phalanx Productions, Jalem Productions, United Artists
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
The Fortune Cookie
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Reviews

John Chard

Review text:

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 ....

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