Movie · 1966
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!”
Released 19 October 1966 125 min Comedy / Drama / Crime More from 1966 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Ann Shoemaker
as Sister Veronica
Howard McNear
as Mr. Cimoli
Ned Glass
as Doc Schindler
Lurene Tuttle
as Mother Hinkle
Harry Holcombe
as O'Brien
Helen Kleeb
as Law Firm Switchboard Operator and Receptionist
Harry Davis
as Dr. Krugman
Lauren Gilbert
as Kincaid
Les Tremayne
as Thompson
Archie Moore
as Mr. Jackson
Ben Wright
as Doctor
Walter Matthau
as Willie Gingrich
John Anderson
as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Jack Lemmon
as Harry Hinkle
Marge Redmond
as Charlotte Gingrich
Dodie Heath
as Nun
Robert DoQui
as Man in Bar (as Bob Doqui)
Cliff Osmond
as Purkey
Ron Rich
as Boom Boom Jackson
Judi West
as Sandy Hinkle
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The numbers
52years between the oldest and youngest billed
75Ann Shoemaker — oldest on the call sheet
23Judi West — youngest billed
48average age of the credited cast