The Fortune Cookie (1966)





TV cameraman Jack Lemmon, slightly injured when filming a football game, takes to his bed on the advice of his brother-in-law, shyster lawyer Walter Matthau, so they can cook up a million dollar accident insurance claim against all concerned. 1


Books with substantial mentioning of The Fortune Cookie

Nora Henry
Ethics and Social Criticism in the Hollywood Films of Erich von Stroheim, Ernst Lubitsch, and Billy Wilder
Wetport, Connecticut - London, 2001

Joe Baltake
The films of Jack Lemmon
Secaucus, NJ, 1977