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  1. The Fortune Cookie. The Fortune Cookie (alternative UK title: Meet Whiplash Willie) is a 1966 American black comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. It is the first film on which Jack Lemmon collaborated with Walter Matthau. Matthau won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.

  2. The Fortune Cookie (1966) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. ... Directed by Billy Wilder a list of 32 titles

  3. The Fortune Cookie is a comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, featuring Jack Lemmon as a cameraman injured during a football game and Walter Matthau as his unscrupulous brother-in-law who concocts a fraudulent insurance claim. Its blend of humor and social satire marked the beginning of the successful Lemmon-Matthau screen partnership.

  4. The Fortune Cookie: Directed by Billy Wilder. With Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Judi West. A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.

  5. A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother-in-law, as the king of the ambulance-chasing lawyers, starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him.

  6. Although The Fortune Cookie was long for a comedy at 125 minutes, director Billy Wilder kept the pace fast and even managed to build a considerable level of suspense. Lemmon and Matthau worked together in nine more films over more than 30 years, with their most famous work in The Odd Couple (1968).

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