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It Could Happen to You
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.
1994 · Directed by Andrew Bergman · 101 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance · 10 frames
Tagline
A cop. A waitress. A lottery ticket.
Crew
- Screenplay: Jane Anderson
- Cinematography: Caleb Deschanel
- Edited by: Barry Malkin
- Music: Carter Burwell, Joe Mulherin
- Production design: Bill Groom
- Produced by: Mike Lobell
Cast
- Nicolas Cage as Charlie Lang
- Bridget Fonda as Yvonne Biasi
- Rosie Perez as Muriel Lang
- Wendell Pierce as Bo Williams
- Isaac Hayes as Angel Dupree
- Víctor Rojas as Jesu
- Seymour Cassel as Jack Gross
- Stanley Tucci as Eddie Biasi
- J.E. Freeman as Sal Bontempo
- Red Buttons as Walter Zakuto
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: TriStar Pictures
- Budget: $20,000,000
- Box office: $37,939,757
- Themes: new york city, waitress, court case, greed, diner, based on true story, cop, fame, news reporter, newspaper article
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