The Fortune Cookie 1966 Full Movie fmovies

The Fortune Cookie Full Movie fmovies

CBS cameraman Harold “Harry” Hinkle is injured when football player Luther “Boom Boom” Jackson of the Cleveland Browns runs into him during a home game at Municipal Stadium. Harry’s injuries are minor, but his conniving lawyer brother-in-law, William H. “Whiplash Willie” Gingrich, convinces him to pretend that his leg and hand have been partially paralyzed so that they can receive a huge indemnity from the insurance company.

Scheming for a Settlement

Harry reluctantly goes along with the scheme because he is still in love with his ex-wife, Sandy, and being injured might bring her back. The insurance company’s lawyers at O’Brien, Thompson and Kincaid suspect that the paralysis is fake, but all but one of their medical experts say that it is real. The experts are convinced by the remnants of a compressed vertebra (in fact, Hinkle suffered the injury as a child), and Hinkle’s responses, helped by the numbing injections of novocaine that Gingrich has had a paroled dentist provide. The one holdout, Swiss Professor Winterhalter, is convinced that Hinkle is a fraud.

Unraveling Deception

With no medical evidence to base their case on, O’Brien, Thompson and Kincaid hire Cleveland’s best private detective, Chester Purkey, to keep Hinkle under constant surveillance. Gingrich, however, sees Purkey entering the apartment building across the street and lets Hinkle know that they are being watched and recorded. After Sandy arrives, he also warns Hinkle not to indulge in any hanky-panky with her. He proceeds to feed misinformation to Purkey; he incorporates the “Harry Hinkle Foundation”, a non-profit charity to which all the proceeds of any settlement are to go, above and beyond the medical expenses.

When Sandy questions Gingrich about this in private, he tells her that it is just a scam to put pressure on the insurance company to settle, and that there will be enough money in the settlement for everyone. Hinkle begins to enjoy having Sandy back again, but he feels bad when he sees that Boom-Boom is so guilt-ridden that his performance on the field suffers. He is booed by the fans, then grounded by the team for getting drunk and involved in a bar fight.

Revelations and Resolutions

Hinkle wants Gingrich to represent Boom-Boom, but to Hinkle’s displeasure, Gingrich says that he is too busy negotiating with O’Brien, Thompson and Kincaid. Hinkle learns that Sandy has returned to him strictly out of greed. Hinkle obtains a $200,000 settlement check. However, Purkey has a plan to expose the scam. He shows up at the apartment supposedly to collect his microphones. He begins to make racist remarks about Boom-Boom. Hinkle, incensed, jumps up from his wheelchair and decks Purkey, but Purkey’s assistant Max is not sure if he recorded it on film because “it’s a little dark”. Hinkle asks Purkey if he would like a second take, turns on a light and advises the cameraman on how to set his exposure. He punches Purkey again, and follows up by swinging from curtain rods and bouncing on the bed. Sandy is crawling on the floor looking for her lost contact lens, and just before Hinkle leaves the apartment, he pushes her down to the ground with his foot.

Gingrich claims that he had no idea that his client was deceiving him, and announces his intention to sue the insurance company lawyers for invasion of privacy, as well as report Purkey’s racist remarks to various organizations. Hinkle drives to the stadium, where he finds Boom-Boom leaving the team to become a wrestler named “The Dark Angel”. He manages to snap him out of the state, and the two run down the field passing a football back and forth.

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