The Fortune Cookie

"Whiplash Willie" Gingrich (Walter Matthau) realizes how to get brother-in-law Harry (Jack Lemmon) to play along when his ex-wife Sandy (Judi West) calls the hospital room in Billy Wilder's The Fortune Cookie, 1966.

Shyster Willie Gingrich (Walter Matthau) dazzles the defense counsel, (Harry Holcombe as O'Brien, et al) preparing for his lawsuit on behalf of his injured brother-in-law (Jack Lemmon, not seen) in Billy Wilder's The Fortune Cookie, 1966.

Shot at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, sportscaster Keith Jackson calls the play as cameraman Harry Hinkle (Jack Lemmon) gets clobbered by "Boom-Boom" Jackson (Ron Rich) in Billy Wilder's The Fortune Cookie, 1966.

Fed up with the insurance scam, Harry (Jack Lemmon) performs for surveillance cameras and turns on ex-wife Sandy (Judi West), prompting brother-in-law lawyer Willie (Walter Matthau) to take a new position in The Fortune Cookie, 1966.

Director Billy Wilder and co-writer I.A.L. Diamond introduce Walter Matthau as lawyer Willie, with his wife and her mother (Marge Redmond, Lurene Tuttle) staking out the hospital where brother-in-law Harry (Jack Lemmon), a cameraman hurt in an NFL game is in the ER, early in The Fortune Cookie, 1966.

A crooked lawyer trumps up an insurance case for a cameraman injured at a pro football game in The Fortune Cookie (1966), directed by Billy Wilder and starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.