THE FORTUNE COOKIE (1966)

BILLY WILDER

Comedy Law/Legal/Solicitors/Trials Classics Romance Recommended Ade Tastics

Cast

WALTER MATTHAU JACK LEMMON RON RICH JUDI WEST

Plot

AKA "Meet Whiplash Willie", this film is a real delight with Matthau as a crooked attorney who convinces injured Lemmon to fake partial paralysis in order to claim huge damages. A brilliantly funny veneer covers up a deep-seated cynicism in probably Wilder's finest, though not best known, film.