The Fortune Cookie
Oct 19 1966
•2h 5m
•Comedy
A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother-in-law, as the king of the ambulance-chasing lawyers, starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him.
Cast
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Jack Lemmon
Harry Hinkle
Walter Matthau
Willie Gingrich
Ron Rich
Boom Boom Jackson
Judi West
Sandy Hinkle
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