Endearing and entertaining fact-based comedy drama, starring Anthony LaPaglia as an Italian-American whose unbelievable run of good luck proves a real irritation to both himself and his increasingly grouchy father (Danny Aiello). With Lainie Kazan and Frank Pesce, the real-life inspiration for the film.

After winning $6.2 million in the 1976 New York State Lottery, he is arrested for throwing rocks at a church. He then tells his story at the police station.