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The Fortune Cookie (1966)

125 mins

type:

genre(s):

COMEDY

ROMANCE

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.

name	character
Harry Davis	Dr. Krugman
Maryesther Denver	Nurse
Lauren Gilbert	Kincaid
Ned Glass	Doc Schindler
Dodie Heath	Nun
Harry Holcombe	O'Brien
Helen Kleeb	Law Firm Switchboard Operator and Receptionist
Jack Lemmon	Harry Hinkle
Walter Matthau	William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich
Howard McNear	Mr. Cimoli
Archie Moore	Mr. Jackson
Cliff Osmond	Purkey
Judy Pace	Elvira
Noam Pitlik	Max
Marge Redmond	Charlotte Gingrich
Ron Rich	Luther "Boom Boom" Jackson
Bartlett Robinson	Doctor
Sig Ruman	Professor Winterhalter
Ann Shoemaker	Sister Veronica
Les Tremayne	Thompson
Lurene Tuttle	Mother Hinkle
Judi West	Sandy Hinkle
Ben Wright	Doctor

name
I.A.L. Diamond	screenplay, producer
Doane Harrison	producer
André Previn	composer
Billy Wilder	director, screenplay, producer

award	category	name	year
Academy Award	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Walter Matthau	1966

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