The Fortune Cookie (1966)
"Is he a spy? A security risk? Is he unfaithful? Or is he a nice, normal shnook - out to make a million bucks by sheer accident!"
ThumbScore
👍 84%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 80%
(RT: 96%, MC: 63) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
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
Is The Fortune Cookie good?
Most people think so. 84% audience score, estimated from 366 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 80%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
