The Fortune Cookie

A man without morals exploits an accident which he blows out of proportion in order to enrich himself, but enough about Ace in the Hole. In some thin way, The Fortune Cookie is the same story as Wilder’s earlier masterpiece, but it takes a very different path, actually working as a comedy instead of the straight drama. It doesn’t work as well, but it still works thanks in large part to the two central performances, the first collaboration between Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.

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