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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!”

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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.

Director: Billy Wilder
Writers: I. A. L. Diamond, Billy Wilder
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Release date: 19 October 1966
Budget: $3,705,000
Box office: $6,800,000