The fortune cookie [videorecording] / United Artists ; the Mirisch Corporation presents ; a Phalanx-Jalem production ; written by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond ; produced and directed by Billy Wilder.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
  • English
  • French
Published/​Created
Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment Inc., c2001.
Description
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

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Related name
Library of Congress genre(s)
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Summary note
A TV cameraman, trampled by a half-back while shooting a football game, and his shyster brother-in-law team up to defraud an insurance company in a million dollar law suit.
Notes
  • Widescreen format (aspect ratio 2.35:1).
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1966.
  • Includes original theatrical trailer.
  • "MGM DVD."
Creation/​Production credits
Music, Andre Previn ; director of photography, Joseph La Shelle ; editor, Daniel Mandell.
Target audience
Not rated by MPAA.
System details
DVD.
Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Cliff Osmond, Judi West.
Language note
  • English or French language with subtitles available in English, French or Spanish.
  • Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Also known by title
  • Meet Whiplash Willie
ISBN
  • 0792849167
  • 9780792849162
Publisher no.
1001583
OCLC
46647626
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