🎬 Comedy, Drama, Romance

It Could Happen to You

"A cop. A waitress. A lottery ticket."

⭐ 6.7/10 1994 1h 41m Dir. Andrew Bergman

About this movie

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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Year
1994
Runtime
1h 41m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.7/10
Votes
943
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$20.0M

Cast

🎭 Comedy 🎭 Drama 🎭 Romance 🎬 Andrew Bergman 👤 Nicolas Cage 👤 Bridget Fonda 👤 Rosie Perez
new york city waitress court case greed diner based on true story cop fame news reporter newspaper article marital discord lottery ticket

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It Could Happen to You has a runtime of 1h 41m (1 hour and 41 minutes).
It Could Happen to You was directed by Andrew Bergman and released in 1994.
It Could Happen to You is a Comedy, Drama, Romance film (1994).
The cast of It Could Happen to You includes Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda, Rosie Perez, Wendell Pierce, Isaac Hayes.
It Could Happen to You has a TMDB rating of 6.7/10 based on 943 votes.

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