The Fortune Cookie

Genre: comedy

Year Published: 1966

Creator: Billy Wilder

Credits: Cast: Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon

Description: CBS cameraman Harry Hinkle (Jack Lemmon) gets injured when he is running a sideline camera during a Cleveland Browns game. His lawyer brother-in-law convinces him to pretend that his leg and hand have been partially paralyzed, so they can receive a huge indemnity from the insurance company. Harry reluctantly goes along with the scheme because he is still in love with his ex-wife, Sandy, and being injured might bring her back. The insurance company lawyers at O'Brien, Thompson and Kincaid suspect that the paralysis is a fake. They hire Cleveland's best private detective, Chester Purkey, to

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