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Meet Whiplash Willie (1966)
"The Fortune Cookie" (original title)

 -  Comedy | Romance  -  19 October 1966 (USA)
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A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.

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Judi West ...
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Mother Hinkle
Harry Holcombe ...
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Marge Redmond ...
Charlotte Gingrich
Noam Pitlik ...
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Harry Davis ...
Dr. Krugman
Ann Shoemaker ...
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Storyline

A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother in law as the king of the ambulance chasing lawyers starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>

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Plot Keywords:

lawyer | football | cameraman | law | insurance | See more »

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SOME PEOPLE WILL DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY! See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Approved | See all certifications »

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Release Date:

19 October 1966 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Der Glückspilz  »

Box Office

Budget:

$3,705,000 (estimated)
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(Westrex Recording System)

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2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Production was halted for weeks after Walter Matthau had a heart attack. He had slimmed from 190 to 160 pounds by the time filming was completed, and had to wear a heavy black coat to conceal the weight loss. See more »

Goofs

When Harry is injured, his camera flies out of his hands and the cables are missing. In the previous scene, the cables were shown attached using a screw-in type connector that would not have come off, even when being tackled. See more »

Quotes

Willie Gingrich: He's gonna give you a shot to help you pass those tests.
Harry Hinkle: Oh, I'm not gonna take any shots from a waiter!
Willie Gingrich: What do you mean "waiter?" This is Doc Schindler, from Chicago.
Doc Schindler: Howdy.
Willie Gingrich: Those insurance guys think they're such geniuses. What they forget is every time they build a better mousetrap, the mice gets smarter, too.
Harry Hinkle: You'll be careful, won't you, Doc?
Doc Schindler: I better be, because I'm on parole.
Harry Hinkle: Parole?
Doc Schindler: They caught me tampering with a horse at Arlington Park.
Harry Hinkle: A veterinary?
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Soundtracks

"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"
Music and lyrics by Cole Porter
Sung by Judi West
Also strains played throughout the movie
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One to remember Walter Matthau for....
28 July 2000 | by (Carol Stream, IL) – See all my reviews

If I had to buy a single movie showing Walter Matthau's genius as an actor, this may be the one, for as good as Jack Lemmon always is in a movie, Walter shines here as the shyster brother-in-law lawyer, and the Best Supporting Oscar was awarded to him rightly for this role. Matthau, always the man who acted through sicknesses went through a heart attack during this one. The scene that he runs up the stairs after receiving the settlement check, a keen eye could notice that he is thinner at the top of the stairs. That was because he shot that scene after his attack. This movie begins the long association with Lemmon/Matthau. The next movie was to be "The Odd Couple". What a great bunch of entertaining movies they were. And this was the first one.


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