Starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Helen Kleeb, Herbie Faye, Howard McNear, William Christopher, Ned Glass, Marge Redmond, Lurene Tuttle, Noam Pitlik, Judi West, and Cliff Osmond, Directed by Billy Wilder. CBS cameraman Harry Hinkle is injured when he is accidentally bulldozed by football player Luther "Boom Boom" Jackson during a Cleveland Browns game. Harry's brother-in-law Willie foresees an insurance-settlement bonanza and convinces Harry to pretend to be incapacitated by the accident. To insure his client's cooperation, Willie arranges for Harry's covetous ex-wife Sandy to feign a rekindling of their romance. Harry's conscience is plagued by the solicitous behavior of Boom Boom, who is so devastated at causing Harry's injury that he insists on waiting on the "cripple" hand and foot. Meanwhile, a disheveled private eye keeps Harry under constant surveillance, hoping to catch him moving around so the insurance company can avoid shelling out a fortune.
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