It Could Happen to You

Jul 16, 1994

1h 41m

★ 6.7

A cop. A waitress. A lottery ticket.

Overview

Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4 million. True to his word, Lang proceeds to share the prize money with Biasi, which infuriates his greedy wife, Muriel. Not content with the arrangement, Muriel begins scheming to take all the money.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

TriStar Pictures

It Could Happen to You Trailers

Cast

Charlie Lang

Nicolas Cage

Yvonne Biasi

Bridget Fonda

Muriel Lang

Rosie Perez

Bo Williams

Wendell Pierce

Angel Dupree

Isaac Hayes

Jesu

Víctor Rojas

Jack Gross

Seymour Cassel

Eddie Biasi

Stanley Tucci

Sal Bontempo

J.E. Freeman

Walter Zakuto

Red Buttons

C. Vernon Hale

Richard Jenkins

Walter

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