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A police officer promises to share his lottery ticket with a waitress in lieu of a tip. Yvonne Biasi : Because of me, you have nothing.

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In a plot inspired by a real-life news story, [3] [4] a New York City police officer Cage who is short on cash and unable to tip his waitress Fonda , half-jokingly offers to share his winnings if he happens to win the lottery. Isaac Hayes is the film's narrator and also plays a supporting role as undercover reporter and photographer, Angel Dupree. The film was remade in Hindi as Bade Dilwala , which was released in and in Telugu as Bahumati in Uniformed policeman 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. Unlike Charlie, Muriel is greedy and 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, whom she cannot yet afford to divorce , has taken Yvonne's credit card and spent 12 thousand dollars without her consent. The court holds her responsible for the entire bill; moreover, Yvonne's nasty boss docks her pay for the time she spent in court, even though Yvonne gave ample notice. Yvonne hits it off with Charlie, while waiting on him at the diner where she works. Since Charlie doesn't have enough money for a tip, he offers Yvonne double the tip tomorrow Charlie makes good on his offer to split the prize with Yvonne, despite Muriel's protests. Charlie and Yvonne become instant celebrities; Muriel sees this as an opportunity to become a spokesperson for her favorite beauty products.

Uniformed policeman Charlie Lang is kind and generous. Retrieved 31 August Charlie and Yvonne are invited to a gathering, on a chartered boat, for the lottery winners

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Or maybe you didn't. But it's the kind of story you easily could have read about, and if you had read it, you'd probably think, "Jeez, why didn't this happen to me? The movie is about a cop named Charlie Nicolas Cage , who orders coffee for himself and his partner in a greasy spoon, and has enough for the coffee but not for a tip. So he tells the waitress, named Yvonne Bridget Fonda that he'll give her half of winnings if the lottery ticket in his billfold is a winner. But it isn't that simple to Charlie's wife, Muriel Rosie Perez.

It could happen to you

In a plot inspired by a real-life news story, [3] [4] a New York City police officer Cage who is short on cash and unable to tip his waitress Fonda , half-jokingly offers to share his winnings if he happens to win the lottery. Isaac Hayes is the film's narrator and also plays a supporting role as undercover reporter and photographer, Angel Dupree. The film was remade in Hindi as Bade Dilwala , which was released in and in Telugu as Bahumati in Uniformed policeman 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. Unlike Charlie, Muriel is greedy and 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, whom she cannot yet afford to divorce , has taken Yvonne's credit card and spent 12 thousand dollars without her consent. The court holds her responsible for the entire bill; moreover, Yvonne's nasty boss docks her pay for the time she spent in court, even though Yvonne gave ample notice.

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Television Reporter. Since Charlie doesn't have enough money for a tip, he offers Yvonne double the tip tomorrow Crazy credits This film was inspired by the generosity of detective Robert Cunningham ret. Coat Check Girl. Television Reporter Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Lily Sanders Television Reporter Laury Marker Juror uncredited Patrick Ferraro Saxaphone Player uncredited. Recently viewed. Lobell Jessica Roulston Article Talk.

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Charlie Lang Bridget Fonda Bo Williams Isaac Hayes Isaac Hayes is the film's narrator and also plays a supporting role as undercover reporter and photographer, Angel Dupree. See production info at IMDbPro. Box office Edit. Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Template film date with 1 release date Rotten Tomatoes ID same as Wikidata Rotten Tomatoes template using name parameter. Works by Jane Anderson. This derelict is actually undercover photojournalist Angel Dupree, who is revealed to be the film's narrator; he takes photos of Yvonne and Charlie for the next day's headline in New York Post Korean Deli Customer Claudia Shear Yvonne reciprocates.