It Could Happen to You

It Could Happen to You

1994
1h 41m
6.7

6.7/10

912 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy Drama Romance

"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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $20,000,000

Revenue: $37,939,757

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
TriStar Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

new york city waitress court case greed diner based on true story cop fame news reporter newspaper article marital discord lottery ticket winning lottery new-found fame man of his word romantic comforting

Quick Facts

Release Date July 16, 1994
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0110167

Cast

Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage

Charlie Lang

Bridget Fonda
Bridget Fonda

Yvonne Biasi

Rosie Perez
Rosie Perez

Muriel Lang

Wendell Pierce
Wendell Pierce

Bo Williams

Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes

Angel Dupree

Víctor Rojas
Víctor Rojas

Jesu

Seymour Cassel
Seymour Cassel

Jack Gross

Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci

Eddie Biasi

J.E. Freeman
J.E. Freeman

Sal Bontempo

Red Buttons
Red Buttons

Walter Zakuto

Richard Jenkins
Richard Jenkins

C. Vernon Hale

Robert Dorfman
Robert Dorfman

Walter

Key Crew

Andrew Bergman
Director
Jane Anderson
Screenplay
Mike Lobell
Producer
Gary Adelson
Executive Producer
Craig Baumgarten
Executive Producer
Joseph Hartwick
Executive Producer