Rags to Riches (song) recordings by Sunny & the Sunliners (#45 in 1963) and Elvis Presley (#33 in 1971) also made the Billboard charts. Tony Bennett's version was used at the beginning of the film "Goodfellas", just after Henry Hill closes the trunk of the car and says in voice-over, "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster." The song was also used in an episode of "Columbo". The opening line of the song was sung regularly and exuberantly by the character Carmine Ragusa on the television series "Laverne & Shirley", typically when he had good news. "Rags
From Riches to Rags all his money to under the condition that he hires a hitman to kill him. From Riches to Rags From Riches to Rags is a 1980 Hong Kong film written and directed by John Woo starring Ricky Hui and Johnny Koo. After buying a winning lottery ticket factory workers Ah Ying (Ricky Hui) and Fatso (Johnny Koo) become millionaires overnight however a prediction by a fortune teller and a mix-up with a doctor leads Ah Ying to believe he is going to die from cancer. Not wanting to suffer Ah Ying decides to commit suicide but is afraid of it