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Hook, Line and Sinker
Movie

Hook, Line and Sinker

1969· Released4.2/ 10
Comedy

Overview

Told he is terminally ill, an insurance executive goes on a credit-card spending spree--and then learns his medical diagnosis was a mistake.

Ratings

TMDB
4.2/10

28 votes

IMDb
5.4/10

959 votes

RTMetacriticLetterboxd

Director

George Marshall

George Marshall

Director

Cast

Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs

Peter Lawford

Peter Lawford

Dr. Scott Carter

Anne Francis

Anne Francis

Nancy Ingersoll

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

Perfecto

Jennifer Edwards

Jennifer Edwards

Jennifer Ingersoll

Jimmy Miller

Jimmy Ingersoll

Eleanor Audley

Eleanor Audley

Mrs. Durham

Henry Corden

Henry Corden

Kenyon Hammercher

Sylvia Lewis

Sylvia Lewis

Karlotta Hammercher

Phillip Pine

Phillip Pine

Head Surgeon

Felipe Turich

Foreign Mortician

Kathleen Freeman

Kathleen Freeman

Mrs. Hardtack - Baby Sitter

Scatman Crothers

Scatman Crothers

The Corpse (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger

Funeral Director (uncredited)

Al Bain

Al Bain

Burial Spectator (uncredited)

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