Is he a spy? A security risk? Is he unfaithful? Or is he a nice, normal shnook - out to make a million bucks by sheer accident!
TV cameraman Harry Hinkle is injured while filming a football game. Seeing big dollar signs, his unscrupulous ambulance-chasing lawyer brother-in-law Willie Gingrich enters the picture, and convinces Harry to overstate his injuries and claim $1 million in pain and suffering. Harry's similarly-minded ex-wife suddenly reappears in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.
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Character
Comic, classical in form, cool and effortless.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Jack LemmonHarry Hinkle
- Walter MatthauWillie Gingrich
- Ron RichBoom Boom Jackson
- Judi WestSandy Hinkle
- Cliff OsmondPurkey
- Lurene TuttleMother Hinkle
- Harry HolcombeO'Brien
- Les TremayneThompson
- Marge RedmondCharlotte Gingrich
- Ann ShoemakerSister Veronica
Crew
- Billy WilderDirector
- Billy WilderWriter
- I. A. L. DiamondWriter
- Joseph LaShelleDirector of Photography
- André PrevinOriginal Music Composer
- Daniel MandellEditor
- I. A. L. DiamondProducer
- Doane HarrisonProducer
- Billy WilderProducer
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