The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)

Name: The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1975-03-14
Duration: 98 min
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, Gene Saks, Elizabeth Wilson, Florence Stanley

...and you think you've got problems.

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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Released 1975-03-14 · 98 min · Comedy

Directed by Melvin Frank

Cast

Jack Lemmon as Mel Edison
Anne Bancroft as Edna Edison
Gene Saks as Harry Edison
Elizabeth Wilson as Pauline
Florence Stanley as Pearl
Maxine Stuart as Belle
Ed Peck as Man Upstairs
Gene Blakely as Charlie
Ivor Francis as Psychiatrist
Stack Pierce as Detective
Patricia Marshall as Woman Upstairs
Dee Carroll as Helen
Ketty Lester as Unemployment Clerk
M. Emmet Walsh as Doorman
F. Murray Abraham as Taxi Driver