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!
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
- Signature
- Drama · Tension · Craft
- Worldwide
- $7M
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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.
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Box Office & Release
The Fortune Cookie returned 1.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $4M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $7M
- Release date
- Oct 19, 1966
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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