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With: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Judi West, Cliff Osmond, Lurene Tuttle, Harry Holcombe, Les Tremayne, Lauren Gilbert, Marge Redmond, Noam Pitlik, Harry Davis, Ann Shoemaker, Maryesther Denver, Ned Glass
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Written by: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond
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Directed by: Billy Wilder
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
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Running Time: 126
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Date: 10/19/1966
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The Fortune Cookie (1966)
Old Football Injury
By Jeffrey M. Anderson Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon team up for The Fortune Cookie (1966, MGM/UA, $14.95), a not-entirely-successful black comedy about a shyster lawyer (Matthau) who sues after a football player (Ron Rich) smashes into a TV cameraman (Lemmon) during a game. Of course, nothing is really wrong, but the lawyer makes him play crippled until they can collect. Unfortunately, the football player is a gentle soul who gives up everything to be by Lemmon's side. Though it unfolds with sitcom logic, Matthau in particular gives an outstanding performance, loading up his grandstanding with quietly hilarious little moments. (He won an Oscar.)
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