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"How Harry Hinkle became a fortune cookie OR: some people will do anything for $249,000.92."
"Judy Pace - Elvira"
"Helen Kleeb - The lawyers' receptionist"
"Lisa Irwin (credited as Lisa Irwin Linsky) - Ginger Gingrich"
"John Todd Roberts - Jeffrey Gingrich"
"Keith Jackson - Football announcer"
"Herb Ellis - TV director"
"Don Reed - Newscaster"
"Louise Vienna - Girl on TV"
"Bob Doqui - Man in bar"
"John Anderson (uncredited) - Abraham Lincoln"
"There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who'll do anything for money and those who'll do almost anything for money..."
"Why was she planted in Harry Hinkle's bedroom?"
"Is he a spy? A security risk? Is he unfaithful? Or is he a nice, normal shnook out to make a lousy million bucks by sheer accident!"
"Dough is the most important ingredient in THE FORTUNE COOKIE"
"Harry Davis - Dr. Krugman"
"Ann Shoemaker - Sister Veronica"
"Maryesther Denver - Nurse"
"Ned Glass - Doc Schindler"
"Sig Ruman - Professor Winterhalter"
"Archie Moore - Mr. Jackson"
"Howard McNear - Mr. Cimoli"
"Bill Christopher - Intern"
"Bartlett Robinson - Specialist #1"
"Robert P. Lieb - Specialist #2"
"Martin Blaine - Specialist #3"
"Ben Wright - Specialist #4"
"Dodie Heath - Nun"
"Herbie Faye - Maury"
"Billy Beck - Maury's assistant"
"[on Abraham Lincoln] Great president, lousy lawyer."
"[on Clarence Darrow] Great lawyer, lousy dresser."
"Jack Lemmon - Harry Hinkle"
"Walter Matthau - William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich"
"Ron Rich - Luther "Boom Boom" Jackson"
"Judi West - Sandy Hinkle"
"Cliff Osmond - Chester Purkey"
"Lurene Tuttle - Harry's mother"
"Harry Holcombe - O'Brien"
"Les Tremayne - Thompson"
"Laurne Gilbert - Kincaid"
"Marge Redmond - Charlotte Gingrich"
"Noam Pitlik - Max"
"[repeated line to his mother-in-law] Shut up, Mother."
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.