The Fortune Cookie1966
About
- Runtime
- 2 hours 5 minutes
- Language
- English
- Tagline
- 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!
- Overview
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.
- Genres
- Comedy
- Released
- October 19, 1966
- Budget
- $3,705,000
- Revenue
- $6,800,000
- Production
- Phalanx Productions
- Jalem Productions
- United Artists
Credits
Directing
- Billy WilderDirector
Writing
- Billy WilderWriter
- I. A. L. DiamondWriter
Art
- Robert LuthardtArt Direction
- Edward G. BoyleSet Decoration
Camera
- Joseph LaShelleDirector of Photography
Crew
- Roy JensonStunts
Editing
- Daniel MandellEditor
Production
- Billy WilderProducer
- Doane HarrisonProducer
- I. A. L. DiamondProducer
- Lynn StalmasterCasting
Sound
- André PrevinOriginal Music Composer
- Robert MartinSound Designer
Trailers
Posters
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