Harry Hinkle (Jack Lemon) operates a TV camera for CBS. While filming a play at the Cleveland Browns football game he gets hit and knocked over on the sidelines by Boom Boom Jackson. The hit and subsequent fall causes him to get a mild concussion, but his greasy brother-in-law Willie Gingrich (Walter Matthau) sees the silver lining in this injury, and trumps up a lawsuit against the stadium, the Cleveland Browns, and CBS in the amount of 1 million dollars.
Harry reluctantly goes along with the scheme; he pretends to have crushed vertebrae, double vision, lose of dexterity, etc. The antics and tom-foolery that follows is a treat for the viewer. This is not a great movie, but it is fun to watch. Watch for a young William Christopher (Father Mulchahy from MASH) playing a doctor.
Jack Lemon and Walter Matthau stared in 11 roles together and I have not been disappointed with any of them. Matthau deservedly won his only Oscar for his role in this film.
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