The Prisoner of Second Avenue
...and you think you've got problems.
March 14, 1975 1h 38m
★ 6.6 (75 votes)
Comedy
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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Top 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
Status: Released
Production Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures
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