In 1959, Harry Hinkle collected $18 for a raincoat he'd lost in a movie theater. The coat was ultimately recovered and he returned the $18.
11 seconds sound clip from the The Fortune Cookie (1966) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:30:10 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Yes, of course we know it's a million dollars. Of course we know it isn't chicken feed.
- Please, you have three grown-up lawyers handling this case.
- We have the hospital report right here, and we have the Purkey Investigating Agency working on it.
- So you just sit back and leave the worrying to us.
- I guess the young man is clean.
- Now, let's see. Who's his attorney?
- William Gingrich... You know... Whiplash Willie?
- Well, gentlemen, I guess our first step is to have Hinkle examined by our own team of doctors.
- For that, of course, we need the consent of the plaintiff.
- He's not only Hinkle's lawyer, he's his brother-in-law.
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