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A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 96%, Metacritic 63/100. Scores higher than 81% of the 452 1960s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic63/100
361 audience votes
Key crew
- André PrevinOriginal Music Composer
- Billy WilderDirector
- Billy WilderWriter
- I. A. L. DiamondWriter
Cast
- Jack LemmonHarry Hinkle
- Walter MatthauWillie Gingrich
- Ron RichBoom Boom Jackson
- Judi WestSandy Hinkle
- Cliff OsmondPurkey
- Lurene TuttleMother Hinkle
- Harry HolcombeO'Brien
- Les TremayneThompson
- Marge RedmondCharlotte Gingrich
- Ann ShoemakerSister Veronica
- Ned GlassDoc Schindler
- Archie MooreMr. Jackson
Stills
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Themes
shadowingamerican footballbrother-in-lawwheelchairhonestyinsurance fraudcinematographerfortune cookieprivate investigatorblack and whitesurveillanceex-wife
The Best Movies of 1966
The Fortune Cookie is #32 of 60
