The Fortune Cookie (1966) Cast & Crew
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Directed by Billy Wilder.
Cast
- Jack Lemmon as Harry Hinkle
- Walter Matthau as Willie Gingrich
- Ron Rich as Boom Boom Jackson
- Judi West as Sandy Hinkle
- Cliff Osmond as Purkey
- Lurene Tuttle as Mother Hinkle
- Harry Holcombe as O'Brien
- Les Tremayne as Thompson
- Marge Redmond as Charlotte Gingrich
- Ann Shoemaker as Sister Veronica
- Ned Glass as Doc Schindler
- Archie Moore as Mr. Jackson
- Howard McNear as Mr. Cimoli
- Harry Davis as Dr. Krugman
- Lauren Gilbert as Kincaid
- Sig Ruman as Professor Winterhalter
- Noam Pitlik as Max
- Maryesther Denver as Nurse
- Judy Pace as Elvira
- Helen Kleeb as Law Firm Switchboard Operator and Receptionist
- Bartlett Robinson as Specialist #1
- Ben Wright as Doctor
- Dody Heath as Nun (as Dodie Heath)
- William Christopher as Interne (as Bill Christopher)
- Robert P. Lieb as Specialist #2
- Martin Blaine as Specialist #3
- Herbie Faye as Maury - the Equipment Man
- Billy Beck as Maury's Assistant
- Lisa Linsky as Ginger Gingrich (as Lisa Jill)
- John Todd Roberts as Jeffrey Gingrich
- Keith Jackson as CBS Football Announcer
- Herbert Ellis as TV Director (as Herb Ellis)
- Robert DoQui as Man in Bar (as Bob Doqui)
- John Anderson as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
- Jim Brown as Running Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Daniel Elam as Bar Patron (uncredited)
- Rudy Germane as Commuter (uncredited)
- Chester Jones as Cook (uncredited)
- Chuck Schodowski as Stadium Cameraman (uncredited)
- Jon Silo as Tailor (uncredited)
Crew
- I. A. L. Diamond — Producer
- André Previn — Original Music Composer
- Joseph LaShelle — Director of Photography
- Doane Harrison — Producer
- Billy Wilder — Producer
- Billy Wilder — Director
- Billy Wilder — Writer
- I. A. L. Diamond — Writer
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