THE FORTUNE COOKIE (1966) ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Billy Wilder
Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Judi West,
Cliff Osmond, Les Tremayne, Ann Shoemaker,
Sig Ruman, William Christopher, Archie Moore
The first of 11 movies Lemmon and Matthau worked on together, an acid comedy about a shady lawyer who cons his brother-in-law into faking an injury to collect a bogus insurance claim. The movie's never quite as funny as you'd hope or expect, but Matthau's casual misanthropy as the lawyer earned him an Academy Award, and Lemmon handles a motorized wheelchair like a real pro.
