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The Fortune Cookie
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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“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!”
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The Fortune Cookie (1966) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
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- Oct 19, 1966
- 2h 5m
- English
- Billy Wilder
- Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
- Released
- $3.7M
- $6.8M
Phalanx ProductionsJalem Productions
