The Fortune Cookie

The Fortune Cookie

Comedy 1966 2 hr 5 min

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Director Billy Wilder, pairing for the seventh time with writing partner I.A.L. Diamond, brings us the blackest of black comedy in "The Fortune Cookie." The tale focuses on the travails of a TV cameraman (Jack Lemmon) who is injured while shooting a sporting event, and then inveigled into an insurance scam by his brother-in-law, the infamous Whiplash Willie (Walter Matthau).

Comedy 1966 2 hr 5 min

PG

Starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich

Director Billy Wilder

The Fortune Cookie

Jack Lemmon

Harry Hinkle
Walter Matthau

Willie Gingrich
Ron Rich

Boom Boom Jackson
Cliff Osmond

Purkey
Judi West

Sandy Hinkle

About

The Fortune Cookie

COMEDY

Director Billy Wilder, pairing for the seventh time with writing partner I.A.L. Diamond, brings us the blackest of black comedy in "The Fortune Cookie." The tale focuses on the travails of a TV cameraman (Jack Lemmon) who is injured while shooting a sporting event, and then inveigled into an insurance scam by his brother-in-law, the infamous Whiplash Willie (Walter Matthau).

Average 7.6
Reviews 28
Fresh 27
Rotten 1

Information

Studio: MGM
Released: 1966
Run Time: 2 hr 5 min
Rated: PG
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio and Subtitles: English (United States) (AAC, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.