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THE FORTUNE COOKIE

U.S., 1966
Directed by Billy Wilder
Starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
Screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond
Approx. 125 min. HD.

Brother-in-law-from-Hell shyster lawyer Walter Matthau (in Oscar-winning role) sues an insurance company for a million bucks after a football star flattens cameraman Jack Lemmon. Wilder's most bitingly cynical movie has been called "uncannily prophetic of Nixonian America."
 

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