The Fortune Cookie Movie Review 1966

After receiving a minor injury during a football game, a TV cameraman is convinced by his seedy lawyer brother-in-law to exaggerate his injury and start an expensive lawsuit. A classic, biting comedy by Wilder. First of several Lemmon-Matthau comedies.

Distribution

Baker & Taylor Inc., 2709 Water Ridge Pkwy., Ste. 500, Charlotte, NC 28217, Phone: (704)357-3500, Toll-free: 800-775-1800, Email: btinfo@btol.com, URL: http://www.btol.com

Available on VHS
Running time 125 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Satire & Parody, Football, Scams, Stings & Cons, Doctors & Nurses, Screen Teams: Lemmon & Matthau

Screenplay

Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond

Cast

Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Cliff Osmond, Judi West, Lurene Tuttle

Cinematography

Joseph LaShelle

Director

Billy Wilder

Music

Andre Previn

Producer

Mirisch Geoffrey Productions, United Artists

Awards

Oscars 1966: Support. Actor (Matthau).