Plot

Everything changes for Eva when she receives a life insurance check accidentally made out for five million dollars instead of the expected fifty thousand dollars. She and her best friend take the money and head out for the adventure of a lifetime.

A retired widow who hits the jackpot when she receives a life insurance check mistakenly made out for five million dollars instead of fifty thousand dollars. She and her best friend then take off, only to become media sensations and fugitives from justice.

A retired teacher hits the jackpot when she receives a life insurance check mistakenly made out for five million dollars instead of fifty thousand dollars. She and her best friend then take off to the island of Gran Canaria in Spain, to make the trip of their lives, and at the same time become media sensations and fugitives from justice.—M Quinn

Retired and newly widowed school teacher Eva (Shirley MacLaine), receives a life insurance check mistakenly made out for five million dollars instead of fifty thousand dollars. She and her best friend take the vacation of their lives, while being chased by the insurance company for the wrongly denominated check. Calamity ensues in a wonderful backdrop.