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!

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.

Director

Billy Wilder

Writer

Billy Wilder

Writer

I. A. L. Diamond

Producer

I. A. L. Diamond

Producer

Doane Harrison

Producer

Billy Wilder

Original Music Composer

André Previn

Director of Photography

Joseph LaShelle