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It Could Happen to You
A cop. A waitress. A lottery ticket.
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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Checked Sep 1, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about It Could Happen to You
Cast
Nicolas CageCharlie Lang
Bridget FondaYvonne Biasi
Rosie PerezMuriel Lang
Wendell PierceBo Williams
Isaac HayesAngel Dupree
Víctor RojasJesu
Seymour CasselJack Gross
Stanley TucciEddie BiasiCredits
- Directed by
- Andrew Bergman
- Written by
- Jane Anderson
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $20M
- Box office
- $37.9M
Production
TriStar PicturesUnited States
