MovieReleasedComedy

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

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

Rating6.6/10

Release1975

Runtime1h 38m

Votes72

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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Original Language

Release Date

March 14, 1975

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Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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

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