Film
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975 · 1h 38m · Comedy
...and you think you've got problems.
- IMDb
- 6.7
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 52%
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Overview
Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an intense NYC heat wave.
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Cast
Jack Lemmon
Mel Edison
Anne Bancroft
Edna Edison
Gene Saks
Harry Edison
Elizabeth Wilson
Pauline
Florence Stanley
Pearl
Maxine Stuart
Belle
Ed Peck
Man Upstairs
Gene Blakely
Charlie
Ivor Francis
Psychiatrist
Stack Pierce
Detective
Patricia Marshall
Woman Upstairs
Dee Carroll
Helen
Ketty Lester
Unemployment Clerk
M. Emmet Walsh
Doorman
F. Murray Abraham
Taxi Driver
James McCallion
Mr. Cooperman
Crew
- Melvin FrankProducer · Director
- Neil SimonScreenplay
- Philip H. LathropDirector of Photography
- Marvin HamlischOriginal Music Composer
- Bob WymanEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- March 14, 1975
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- PG
- Genres
- Comedy
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