19, 1966, Billy Wilder returned to the big screen with The Fortune Cookie, starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. The film was nominated for four Oscars at the 39th Academy Awards.

Contents.Plot cameraman Harry Hinkle is injured when football player Luther 'Boom Boom' Jackson of the runs into him during a home game at. Harry's injuries are minor, but his conniving lawyer brother-in-law William H.

'Whiplash Willie' Gingrich convinces him to pretend that his leg and hand have been partially paralyzed, so they can receive a huge 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's lawyers at O'Brien, Thompson and Kincaid (Harry Holcombe, and Lauren Gilbert) suspect that the paralysis is a fake. All but one of their medical experts say that it is real, convinced by the remnants of a compressed vertebra Hinkle suffered as a child, and Hinkle's responses, helped by the numbing shots of Gingrich has had a paroled dentist give him. The one holdout, Swiss Professor Winterhalter , is convinced that Hinkle is a fake.With no medical evidence to base their case on, O'Brien, Thompson and Kincaid hire 's best private detective, Chester Purkey , to keep Hinkle under constant surveillance. However, Gingrich sees Purkey entering the apartment building across the street and lets Hinkle know they are being watched and recorded – and after Sandy returns, warns him not to indulge in any hanky panky with her.

He proceeds to feed misinformation to Purkey; he incorporates the 'Harry Hinkle Foundation', a non-profit charity to which all the proceeds of any settlement are to go, above and beyond the medical expenses. When Sandy questions Gingrich about this in private, he tells her that it is just a scam to put pressure on the insurance company to settle, and that there will be enough money in the settlement for everyone.Hinkle begins to enjoy having Sandy back again, but he feels bad when he sees that Boom-Boom is so guilt-ridden, his performance on the field suffers; he is booed by the fans and then grounded by the team for getting drunk and involved in a bar fight. Hinkle wants Gingrich to represent Boom-Boom, but to Hinkle's displeasure, Gingrich says he is too busy negotiating with O'Brien, Thompson & Kincaid. Hinkle also finds out that Sandy has returned to him strictly out of greed.Hinkle obtains a $200,000 settlement check. However, Purkey has a plan to expose the scam.

He shows up at the apartment to collect his hidden microphones. He begins to make racist remarks about Boom-Boom and 'our black brothers' getting out of hand. Hinkle, incensed, jumps up out his wheelchair and decks Purkey, but Purkey's assistant Max is not sure he recorded it on film because 'It's a little dark'.

Hinkle asks Purkey if he would like a second take, turns on a light and advises the cameraman how to set his exposure. He then punches Purkey again, and follows up by swinging from curtain rods and bouncing on the bed. Sandy is crawling on the floor looking for her lost contact lens, and just before he leaves the apartment, Hinkle roughly pushes her down to the ground with his foot. Gingrich claims he had no idea that his client was deceiving him, and announces his intention to sue the insurance company lawyers for invasion of privacy and report Purkey's racist remarks to various organizations.Hinkle drives to the stadium, where he finds Boom-Boom ready to leave the team and perhaps become a wrestler named 'The Dark Angel'.

Hinkle manages to snap Boom-Boom out of his funk, and the two run down the fields passing and lateraling a football back and forth between them.Cast. The Fortune Cookie (1966).

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(1997). (1998)† Matthau stars in this film directed by Lemmon; Lemmon appears only in a very brief silent cameo.‡ Lemmon and Matthau play supporting roles in this film.Matthau and Lemmon also both had roles in but shared no scenes together.Jack Lemmon originally had two other actors proposed to star with him – and – but Lemmon insisted that he do the picture with Walter Matthau. Production on the film was halted for weeks after Walter Matthau had a heart attack. By the time Matthau was healthy enough to work, and filming started up again, he had slimmed down from 190 to 160 pounds, and had to wear a heavy black coat and padded clothing to conceal the weight loss.Scenes were filmed during the ' 27–17 loss to the at on the afternoon of, 1965.

'Saint Mark's Hospital' in the film is the newly completed St. Vincent Charity Hospital, a curved building considered ultramodern at that time. An exterior scene was filmed on East 24th Street outside an older section of the hospital. Served as the exterior of the law firm.

In one scene, one can see and the steel skeleton of the under construction.Reception of the New York Times called the film, 'a fine, dark gag-filled hallucination'found the film 'generally amusing (often wildly so), but overlong'asserted that The Fortune Cookie was 'Billy Wilder's best picture since, his funniest since. Box office The Fortune Cookie grossed $6,000,000 at the North American box office, making it the. The film earned $6.8 million worldwide. Awards and honors AwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultWonandNominatedandNominatedNominatedWalter MatthauNominatedKansas City Film Critics Circle AwardsBest Supporting ActorWonTop Male Supporting PerformanceWonBilly Wilder and I. DiamondNominatedSee also.References Notes.

^ at the. ^ via. Retrieved June 6, 2013. Gingrich initially sues the Cleveland Browns, CBS and for $1 million; the settlement is $200,000, equivalent to $1,580,000 in 2019.

In the script Gingrich calls this the largest personal injury settlement in Ohio to that time. Stowe, Madelaine (June 25, 2016) Outro to the presentation of the film.

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Director Billy Wilder teamed Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon for the first time in this energetic comedy, which crackles regularly throughout. Matthau plays amoral lawyer 'Whiplash Willie' who sees an opportunity to cash in when his brother-in-law, hapless cameraman Harry (Lemmon), is injured at a football game. Typically mining his drama from the collision between affectionate comedy and spiky cynicism, Wilder squeezes telling performances from his two stars. Matthau's lugubrious eccentricity, not to mention his delivery of comic gems won him an Oscar for best supporting actor, while Lemmon conveys the chaotic decency familiar from his role in The Apartment.