Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966) by Simon T — 31 May 2015

Billy Wilder offers another riff on the insurance scam with this over-long but mordantly witty comedy, superbly performed by the sublime odd couple, Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. Matthau in particular relishes his role as the world's most devious huckster and is laugh out loud hilarious.

It's a pity that so many of the supporting performances are undercast and that Wilder didn't trim a good twenty minutes from the running time, but it's still a delightful entertainment, aided considerably by Andre Previn's lugubrious jazz score.