It Could Happen to You 🎥 1994 Movie Info

Plot Summary

Police officer Charlie Lang is kind and generous. He loves his job and enjoys a strong rapport with the Queens neighborhood where he lives. His wife Muriel works in a hairdressing salon. Muriel is greedy, selfish, and materialistic; she constantly complains about their situation in life. Waitress Yvonne Biasi, also kind and generous, is newly bankrupt. Her estranged husband Eddie has taken her credit card and spent $12,000 without her consent. The court holds her responsible for the entire bill; moreover, her boss docks her pay for the time she spent in court. Yvonne hits it off with Charlie while waiting on him at the diner where she works.

Charlie, not having enough money for a tip, instead offers Yvonne double the tip tomorrow or half of his prospective lottery winnings. He wins a $4 million share of a $64 million lottery prize the next day. Charlie makes good on his offer to split the prize with Yvonne, despite Muriel’s protests. Charlie and Yvonne become instant celebrities, while Muriel becomes a spokesperson for her favorite beauty products. Yvonne buys the diner, and fires her ex-boss. She also sets up a table, with Charlie’s name, at which people who cannot afford food can eat for free. Meanwhile, Charlie is wounded while foiling two would-be-robbers at a grocery store.

Following a commendation, he takes mandatory leave from the NYPD. Charlie and Yvonne are invited to a gathering on a chartered boat for the lottery winners and members of high society. They miss the cruise so they bond over dinner. Muriel flirts with the wealthy Jack Gross. Muriel throws Charlie out of their apartment and demands a divorce, ostensibly because she is fed up with his charitable nature. That evening, Yvonne leaves her apartment after her husband Eddie shows up – threatening to stay unless he gets $50,000 from her.

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