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The Fortune Cookie
UNITED STATES · 1966

The Fortune Cookie

Billy Wilder
insurance fraud ambulance chasing greed and corruption divorce and reconciliation moral compromise
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Synopsis

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.

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